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Sustainable Development: A Common Challenge for North and South

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

ISSN: 0144-333X

Article publication date: 1 August 1995

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Abstract

Sustainable development seems to be something like motherhood and apple pie — everyone finds it a good thing, there is almost universal appreciation. At first sight, this is highly positive, as this could signal the entering of a holistic and responsible thinking into the world of politics and society. But as it often happens with other catch phrases that suddenly come into vogue, like “empowerment” and “participation”, it might not be more than a rhetoric which fails to translate into practice, this all the more so because sustainable development can be given several different interpretations.

Citation

Leisinger, K.M. (1995), "Sustainable Development: A Common Challenge for North and South", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 15 No. 8/9/10, pp. 27-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013222

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1995, MCB UP Limited

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