THE FATE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNDER NEO-LIBERAL REGIMES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

In: International political science review: IPSR = Revue internationale de science politique : RISP, Band 20, Heft 20, S. 197-218

Abstract

IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THE REALIZATION OF THE NOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HAS COME UNDER CHALLENGE DUE TO THE EMERGENCE OF NEO-LIBERAL REGIMES AND THEIR PRO-MARKET POLICIES. THE ARTICLE ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING ISSUES IN THIS CONTEXT; THE ORIGIN, MEANING, AND PROBLEMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THE MAJOR FEATURES AND POLICY ORIENTATIONS OF NEO-LIBERAL REGIMES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; AND THE CRITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.