Ideology, neoliberalism and sustainable development
- This paper examines the interactions between issues such as ideology, neoliberalism, institution-building and sustainable development. The central focus of the paper is to demonstrate that the neoliberalism hasn’t succeeded just because it is an economic strategy which better serves the interests of the capitalist class (though it must be stressed that this fact has obviously contributed) butThis paper examines the interactions between issues such as ideology, neoliberalism, institution-building and sustainable development. The central focus of the paper is to demonstrate that the neoliberalism hasn’t succeeded just because it is an economic strategy which better serves the interests of the capitalist class (though it must be stressed that this fact has obviously contributed) but mainly because it has been promoted as an attractive economic strategy by respected, well organized and transnationalized institutions all around the globe, and understand the reasons behind this institutional support. After reviewing the interrelationships between the Bretton-Woods institutions and their relationship with the concepts of neoliberalism and sustainable development, the paper concludes claiming that the so-called neoliberal ideology operates behind the discourses of growth, progress and sustainability and that it is in charge of softening domination by diffusing legitimating ideas and granting concessions to subordinate forces, thus implying significations and values that transcend the possible manipulation of the world as an object.…
Dokumentart: | Artikel (Wissenschaftlicher) |
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Verfasserangaben: | Juan Cervantes |
DOI (Zitierlink): | https://doi.org/10.5719/hgeo.2013.72.25Zitierlink |
URN (Zitierlink): | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170418-31300Zitierlink |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | Human Geographies |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 18.04.2017 |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2013 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 18.04.2017 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Bauhaus-Universität Weimar |
Institute und Partnereinrichtugen: | Bauhaus-Universität Weimar / In Zusammenarbeit mit der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar |
Erste Seite: | 25 |
Letzte Seite: | 34 |
GND-Schlagwort: | Neoliberalismus; Bretton-Woods-System; Nachhaltigkeit |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
300 Sozialwissenschaften / 330 Wirtschaft | |
BKL-Klassifikation: | 89 Politologie / 89.12 Liberalismus |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Creative Commons 4.0 - Namensnennung (CC BY 4.0) |