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| URI: | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/F9967EED-04FD-4A8A-A194-C6E8F6C03103 | ||
| Year | 2016 | ||
| Type of Item | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | ||
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| Bibliographic Citation | G. Liodakis, "Mainstream and alternative theorising of the conditions and policies of sustainable development," Int. J. Sust. Dev., vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 147-161, 2016. doi: 10.1504/IJSD.2016.077206 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSD.2016.077206 | ||
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Based on a critical consideration of mainstream theories and an alternative (Marxist) approach, this article explores some of the material, social and theoretical aspects of sustainable development. Starting from a critical scrutiny of some methodological and conceptual weaknesses or flaws of mainstream approaches, it proceeds with a brief discussion of the issues regarding externalities, the limits of growth, and the limitations of ecological reforms and efforts to create sustainability conditions under capitalism. Following a Marxist perspective, it proceeds to identify and briefly analyse some crucial aspects or preconditions for a truly sustainable development. A critical treatment of the conception concerning a growing ecological rift leads us to stress the significance of the organisational characteristics of capitalism and their implications for the nature-society dialectical metabolism. Particular emphasis is placed on the creation, within a historical perspective extending beyond capitalism, of the material and social preconditions of sustainable development.
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