‘Norm’ of Sustainable Development

Jayati Srivastava
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Jayati Srivastava: Jayati Srivastava is at Centre for International Politics Organisation and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi–110067, India. jayatis@mail.jnu.ac.in

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2011, vol. 67, issue 2, 93-110

Abstract: The article engages with the theoretical debate on norms to explicate the prescriptive power of the ‘norm’ of sustainable development. It analyses the socio-economic and political context that have been instrumental in framing of the ‘norm’ of sustainable development, in particular the approach and interventions of developing countries including India. It argues that an ostensible dichotomy between development and environment has fractured the internal cohesion of the norm. The surrounding web of normative structure that marginalises principles of justice and equity is other formidable explanation for its fragile compliance.

Keywords: Sustainable development; norms; environmental politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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