Liu, C., Chen, L., Vanderbeck, R.M. et al. (4 more authors) (2018) A Chinese route to sustainability: Postsocialist transitions and the construction of ecological civilization. Sustainable Development, 26 (6). pp. 741-748. ISSN 0968-0802
Abstract
This article explores the concept of sustainability in a postsocialist context through an analysis of official discourses relating to sustainability in more than 700 articles published in the Chinese-language newspaper People's Daily in 2015. The Chinese conception of sustainability, which emerges as a top-down model built upon traditional ideologies and Chinese socialist legacies, inclusive of economic growth, environmental sustainability, social justice and quality of life. This Chinese official discourse of sustainability places less emphasis on individuals' rights and more on the state's interests, and is encompassed in the Chinese concept of the "ecological civilization." This article argues that if we are to build a full picture of the internationalized idea of sustainability we need to adopt a more international approach to thinking about the issue, drawing upon the sustainability-related discourses constructed from different national contexts using local languages and rhetoric.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Liu C, Chen L, Vanderbeck RM, et al. A Chinese route to sustainability: Postsocialist transitions and the construction of ecological civilization. Sustainable Development. 2018;1–8, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1743. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | China; discourse analysis; ecological civilization; intergenerationality; postsocialist transitions; sustainability |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Arts and Humanities Research Council AH/K006215/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2018 12:18 |
Last Modified: | 11 Aug 2020 08:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/sd.1743 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133267 |