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Interpreting the Sustainable Development Goals through the Perspectives of Utopia and Governance (2021)
Eskelinen, T. (2021). Interpreting the Sustainable Development Goals through the Perspectives of Utopia and Governance. Forum for Development Studies, 48(2), 179-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2020.1867889
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Eskelinen, Teppo
Lehti tai sarja: Forum for Development Studies
ISSN: 0803-9410
eISSN: 1891-1765
Julkaisuvuosi: 2021
Ilmestymispäivä: 14.01.2021
Volyymi: 48
Lehden numero: 2
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 179-197
Kustantaja: Routledge
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2020.1867889
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74036
Tiivistelmä
The article analyses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the perspective of their self-understanding of political sense expressed in key SDG documents, including both UN documents and reports produced by individual countries. Utopia and governance are presented as ideal-typical approaches and analytical tools for qualitative content analysis. This approach is argued to be particularly illuminating in the case of politics of international development, as international development is simultaneously highly utopian and deeply embedded in rationalities of governance. As this analytical framework is applied to the SDGs, it is shown that their utopian pronouncements are related to the idea of humanity as a single subject, as well as inclusive prosperity. On the other hand, the SDGs are curtailed by adherence to the ideas of contemporary governance, the international order and given ideas of development economics. The findings and the methodology are then further discussed in the broader context of international development.
YSO-asiasanat: kestävä kehitys; tavoiteohjelmat; utopiat; kansainväliset järjestöt; kehityspolitiikka; kehitystutkimus
Vapaat asiasanat: sustainable development goals; utopia; governance; United Nations; international development; document analysis
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2021
JUFO-taso: 1