Subdesenvolvimento sustentável? Velhas e novas contradições na periferia do capitalismo

This paper addresses the concept of sustainable development and, more particularly, its applicability in underdeveloped economies when analyzing reciprocal effects between economic organization and environmental issues. It also addresses the relationships between development and underdevelopment, fr...

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Published inBrazilian Journal of Political Economy Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 381 - 396
Main Authors Ávila, Jorge Luís Teixeira, Monte-Mór, Roberto Luís de Melo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Editora 34 01.09.2011
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ecological economics
environment
sustainable development
underdevelopment
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Summary:This paper addresses the concept of sustainable development and, more particularly, its applicability in underdeveloped economies when analyzing reciprocal effects between economic organization and environmental issues. It also addresses the relationships between development and underdevelopment, from an ecological economics' approach, and its theoretical implications regarding the concept of sustainable development. We conclude that the specificities of Latin American economies, when compared to those economies of developed countries, also entail, beyond economical disparities, the existence of strong antagonisms from an environmental standpoint, which are recurrently ignored by most of the interpretations concerning sustainable development.
ISSN:0101-3157
1809-4538
0101-3157
DOI:10.1590/S0101-31572011000300004