The concept of sustainable development, brought forward to
promote a new perspective of development and progress in response
to increasing environmental risks and global development crisis
(Zaccai, 2002), has had difficulty explaining the links between the environment,
the social sphere and the economy. While its social dimension
is often overlooked or poorly conceptualized (Lehtonen, 2004), it is
probably the economy–environment debate which has been the most
vibrant: although economic growth is often viewed as a necessary
step to allow investments in environmental policy measures, social
movements and academics from different schools have pointed out
that flaws in our economic system itself, enhanced by growth, lead to
poor environmental management and ecological disruption (Kapp,
1950; Pigou, 1920; Schnaiberg, 1975). Several theorizations have been
proposed to explain and address these flaws, theorizations which
The concept of sustainable development, brought forward topromote a new perspective of development and progress in responseto increasing environmental risks and global development crisis(Zaccai, 2002), has had difficulty explaining the links between the environment,the social sphere and the economy. While its social dimensionis often overlooked or poorly conceptualized (Lehtonen, 2004), it isprobably the economy–environment debate which has been the mostvibrant: although economic growth is often viewed as a necessarystep to allow investments in environmental policy measures, socialmovements and academics from different schools have pointed outthat flaws in our economic system itself, enhanced by growth, lead topoor environmental management and ecological disruption (Kapp,1950; Pigou, 1920; Schnaiberg, 1975). Several theorizations have beenproposed to explain and address these flaws, theorizations which
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