Governing sustainable development : partnerships, protests and power at the World Summit / Carl Death.
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TextSeries: Interventions (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: Abingdon, England : Routledge, 2010Description: ix, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415569262 (hbk.)Subject(s): Sustainable development -- International cooperation | World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002 : Johannesburg, South Africa)DDC classification: 338.9/27 LOC classification: HC79.E5 | D4158 2010| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Power, discourse, government : a Foucauldian perspective on sustainable development and summitry -- 3. Producing sustainable development : the discourse from Stockholm to Johannesburg -- 4. Negotiating sustainable development : from a global deal to partnerships -- 5. Performing sustainable development : governing by example at the Summit -- 6. Resisting sustainable development : the politics of protest at the Summit -- 7. Conclusion.
Carl Death's innovative examination of power/knowledge relations in operation at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development reveals fascinating insights into how different stakeholders 'performed' and used the summit for their own ends. It also provides a nuanced interrogation of the underlying discourses and processes of 'sustainable development.
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