Sustainable Development Goals: a change in scientific debate on development?

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https://doi.org/10.20889/M47e21010

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Economic Development Studies, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Abstract

How did environmental sustainability permeate the political-academic debate on development and which themes are still under discussion within the scope of sustainable development objectives (SDGs)? From an interdisciplinary literature review, this work presents a trajectory of development studies, culminating in the SDGs. From a technical and one-dimensional perspective, from a post-Cold War window of opportunity, the debate moved towards a multidimensional and transversal approach, involving the social and environmental spheres. However, critics question whether the SDGs represent a legitimate and implementable agenda, considering all setbacks in international and domestic policies.

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Elia Elisa Cia Alves, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0434-7656

Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Relações Internacionais

Ivan Filipe de Almeida Lopes Fernandes, Universidade Federal do ABC

Universidade Federal do ABC, Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas

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2020-07-20

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Cia Alves, Elia Elisa, and Ivan Filipe de Almeida Lopes Fernandes. 2020. “Sustainable Development Goals: A Change in Scientific Debate on Development?”. Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies 21 (July). https://doi.org/10.20889/M47e21010.

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