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Social sustainability: a catchword between political pragmatism and social theory
Soziale Nachhaltigkeit: ein Schlagwort zwischen politischem Pragmatismus und soziologischer Theorie
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Abstract The sustainability concepts of the 'Brundtland-Report' and the 'Rio documents' call for a combination of ecological, economic, social and institutional aspects of social development. This paper describes briefly several models of sustainability and discusses social sustainability as conceptualised i... view more
The sustainability concepts of the 'Brundtland-Report' and the 'Rio documents' call for a combination of ecological, economic, social and institutional aspects of social development. This paper describes briefly several models of sustainability and discusses social sustainability as conceptualised in selected sustainability indicators. In an attempt to remedy the lack of sociological theory, the paper proposes a sustainability concept, which is based on the concepts of needs and work, as an activity to fulfil these needs and as the principal exchange process between society and nature. Moreover, this paper argues to recognize social sustainability as both a normative and analytical concept as well.... view less
Keywords
political factors; sustainability; economic development (single enterprise); society; indicator; nature; sociological theory; labor; sustainable development; environmental factors; gender; social policy; model; conception; gender-specific factors; social change; ecology
Classification
Ecology, Environment
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Method
theory formation
Free Keywords
needs; sustainable work; mixed work; ecological sustainability; economic sustainability
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 65-79
Journal
International Journal for Sustainable Development, 8 (2005) 1/2
Status
Postprint; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works