Sustainable Development
Exploring the Ethics of Our Common Future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6298660 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oluf Langhelle (0000-0002-5583-8359, ProSus (Program for Research and Documentation for a Sustainable Society, Research Council of Norway), corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-149 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512199202002 |
| OpenAlex | W2028914914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 27 |
The concept of sustainable development was placed on the international agenda with the release of the report Our Common Future by the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987. Although considerable attention has since been devoted to the idea of sustainable development itself, the broader conceptual framework of the idea—whereby the Commission tried to integrate environmental policies and development strategies in order to create the foundation for a global partnership—has been neglected in much of the literature. The purpose of the present article is to offer an interpretation of Our Common Future, where the concept of sustainable development is linked to the broader framework of normative preconditions and empirical assumptions. The structure of the argument is to demonstrate that the relationship between sustainable development and economic growth has been over-emphasized, and that other vital aspects of the normative framework have been neglected. Social justice (both within and between generations), humanistic solidarity, a concern for the world’s poor, and respect for the ecological limits to global development, constitute other aspects of sustainable development; aspects which are indeed relevant for the growing disparity between North and South
Argument (complex analysis · Commission · Environmental ethics · General partnership · Normative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Law · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy · Ecology
Public Support for Sustainable Welfare Compared
European cultural statistics in a comparative perspective
Sustainability trends in public hospitals
Interdiscours, fréquences et cooccurrences dans le rapport Brundtland
((D)(E-)) Valuation of the EU’s “Moral Power” in the European Neighbourhood (Policy) (ENP)
Realising a socially sustainable South African society through cooperative learning
Sustainable Development and Crude Oil Revenue
Transforming Home
Environmental Discourse and Sustainable Development Linkages and Limitations
Sustainable development in a post-Brundtland world
Climate change, food security, and sustainable development
Influence of the geographical scope on the research foci of sustainable forest management
On the Ethics of International Religious/Spiritual Gatherings and Academic Conferencing in the Era of Global Warming
Sustainable welfare in the EU
Sustaining the common good
The Use of Cognitive Mapping in Analysing Sustainable Tourism Policy
The unbearable sustainability of cultural heritage
Green Development
Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics
Interpretation and the sciences of man
‘Sustainable Development’
Four essays on liberty
A Theory of Justice
Allocation, distribution, and scale
A Theory of Social Justice
The concept of sustainability
The earthscan reader in sustainable development
On the Compatibility of Sustainability and Economic Growth
The Two Democratic Traditions
Tears of the crocodile
Global ecology
Beyond Brundtland
On the Way to Ecologically Sustainable Economic Growth
Environment sustainabilities
Shell, the Brent Spar and Greenpeace
The politics of sustainable development
Contested terrains
| Citations per year | 0.65 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |