The Science of Sustainable Development: Local Livelihoods and the Global Environment. By Jeffrey  Sayer and , Bruce  Campbell. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. $90.00 (hardcover); $35.00 (paper). xix + 268 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0‐521‐82728‐0 (hc); 0‐521‐53456‐9 (pb). 2004.

2005 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-259
Author(s):  
Peter F Brussard
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Local Livelihoods

Constructing Sustainable Development By Neil E. Harrison. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000. 175p. $54.50 cloth, $17.95 paper.

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-241
Author(s):  
Rodger A. Payne
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
State University ◽  
The World ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Brundtland Commission

Nearly 15 years has elapsed since the World Commission on Environment and Development—the so-called Brundtland Commission—popularized the idea of “sustainable development.” The phrase turned out to be unusually slippery, providing both political cover and ammunition for almost anyone engaged in debates about the global environment and/or development. Indeed, scholars and policymakers of all theoretical or ideological stripes found creative ways to employ the phrase “sustainable development” to support a wide array of arguments in these discussions.

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