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A typology to position population within sustainability discourse
The role of population in and significance of population to sustainability discourse is not well understood. Population is rarely discussed as a sustainability issue in its own right, nor are the complexities surrounding population explored by sustainability scholars, despite the significant role population plays in progression towards just and sustainable societies. This paper draws on tools developed within sustainability literature to provide a political economy typology that classifies different perspectives on recurrent population issues into neoliberal, liberal, social democrat and radical categories. While the focus of this review paper is to understand the way in which key population issues are understood by thinkers from each of the four ideological categories in Australia, the typology offers a way forward to capturing the diversity of the arguments over population and how they sit within sustainability discourse in a form that remains sufficiently clear to make sense of the debate. This paper concludes with implications for further engagement with the population issue amongst sustainability scholars.
A typology to position population within sustainability discourse
The role of population in and significance of population to sustainability discourse is not well understood. Population is rarely discussed as a sustainability issue in its own right, nor are the complexities surrounding population explored by sustainability scholars, despite the significant role population plays in progression towards just and sustainable societies. This paper draws on tools developed within sustainability literature to provide a political economy typology that classifies different perspectives on recurrent population issues into neoliberal, liberal, social democrat and radical categories. While the focus of this review paper is to understand the way in which key population issues are understood by thinkers from each of the four ideological categories in Australia, the typology offers a way forward to capturing the diversity of the arguments over population and how they sit within sustainability discourse in a form that remains sufficiently clear to make sense of the debate. This paper concludes with implications for further engagement with the population issue amongst sustainability scholars.
A typology to position population within sustainability discourse
Arman, Michael (author) / Davidson, Kathryn (author)
Local Environment ; 19 ; 433-448
2014-04-21
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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