Making Actors, Paradigms, and Ideologies Visible in Global Governance for Sustainability

Peter Söderbaum and Judy Brown

Chapter 1 in Sustainability Analysis, 2012, pp 11-24 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Getting closer to a sustainable development path is a complex challenge. A traditional idea is that we can rely on experts and their recommendations to politicians. Among welfare and development experts, economists — more precisely neoclassical economists — are in a strong position. They refer to a specific conceptual and theoretical perspective that has become quite settled. In relation to sustainability issues, their recommendations are highly predictable. Neoclassical economics is about markets, and proposals to use market instruments tend to be the consequence of the use of this kind of expertise.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; World Trade Organization; Political Ideology; Sustainability Issue; Ecological Economic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230362437_2

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