Culture and the politics of sustainable development in the GCC: identity between heritage and globalisation. Issue 5 (4th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al-Zo'by, Mazhar
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 29:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 559
• Page End: 569
• Publication Date: 2019-07-04
• Subjects: Aid – Development policies -- Globalisation (inc trade, private sector) -- Civil society – Participation -- Arab States; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1602110
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recognising the limits of the conventional global framework for sustainable development policies, the UN has recently accorded "culture" a central status in its universal vison for transformative development. However, many experts have voiced concern that the use of culture as a development strategy has not generated adequate community-based indictors for meaningful sustainability. Furthermore, the promotion and incorporation of culture into sustainable development strategies has largely and ambiguously remained within the confines of neo-liberal globalisation discourse. This article aims to examine the limits of culture-based sustainable development in the GCC region, as expressed in UN-inspired national development visions.