

Publisher: Routledge Ltd
ISSN: 0964-4016
Source: Environmental Politics, Vol.22, Iss.3, 2013-05, pp. : 428-446
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Abstract
Climate change is provoking a pragmatic turn in our approach to sustainability, resulting in a more pluralistic debate about both the desirable sustainable society and the means by which it is to be achieved. The traditional green approach, founded on a moral view of the socio-natural relationship and inclined to a radical transformation of the current social system, now seems misguided. In this regard, sustainability should be considered as an inherently open principle for guiding social action that also serves as a framework for discussing the kind of society we wish to have. The distinction between an
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