Is inclusive development a sustainable development? : A political economic perspective

Pushparaj, Soundararajan (2013): Is inclusive development a sustainable development? : A political economic perspective.

Abstract

A major development policy challenge in the contemporary economic policy discourse is to sustain the development momentum. Prevailing political economic realities influence the economic thinking to accommodate the political compulsions. The inclusive development is one such development strategy. Inclusive development is not a mere political pragmatism but a sensible development strategy. This paper discusses the relevance of distributive justice in relation to civil disturbance across and within national boundaries in the context of sustainable development. This paper argues that the inclusive development guarantees the sustainable development. Further, argues for the revival of welfare state for sustainable development.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Sustainable Development, Inclusion, Inequality, Distributive Justice, Civil unrest
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q0 - General > Q01 - Sustainable Development; P - Economic Systems > P1 - Capitalist Systems > P16 - Political Economy

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