Xie, Lei, Zhang, Joy Yueyue (2021) ‘Just Sustainability’ or Just Sustainability? Shanghai’s Failed Drive for Global Excellence. Society & Natural Resources, . pp. 1-18. ISSN 0894-1920. (doi:10.1080/08941920.2020.1843745) (KAR id:84226)
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Abstract
A persistent challenge to deliver a socially just and ecologically sustainable development for emerging cities in non-Western countries is that legitimacy and effectiveness often hinge on the normalizing effect of international ‘models’ and ‘standards’ defined by the developed countries. In cases such as Shanghai’s latest urban sustainability programme, a fixation on excelling at ‘global indicators’ has led its promises of inclusive social progress astray. We argue this is not simply because Shanghai authorities didn’t ‘get’ just sustainability, but highlights a more rooted subaltern anxiety that constrains their perceptions on how their programmes should be identified and delivered. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theorisation of how social agency’s ‘logic of practice’ is connected to their positions in the ‘field’, we investigate a shared epistemic deference among Shanghai experts and publics towards knowledge generated from international experiences. This has reproduced a marginalization of the subaltern public in the field of developing sustainable cities.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/08941920.2020.1843745 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | just sustainability, urbanization, subaltern, field, Bourdieu, Shanghai |
Subjects: |
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Depositing User: | Joy Y Zhang |
Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2020 08:29 UTC |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2022 08:16 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/84226 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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