Sharing the earth
Subtitle: the rhetoric of sustainable development
By: Tarla Rai Peterson.
Series: Studies in rhetoric/communication
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Columbia, S.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Sustainable development.
Description: During the past decade, "sustainable development" has been widely promoted as a means of implementing environmentally sensitive development policies and achieving ecological integrity. In Sharing the Earth, Tarla Rai Peterson explains how this provocative concept - the meaning of which remains contested - is understood, discussed, and implemented within specific communities.

By analyzing the rhetoric of those who define sustainable development and advocate its implementation, she identifies points of tension among the term's various interpretations and how the concept may be brought to bear in resolving conflicts, promoting research, and establishing ecologically sound public policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sustainable development comes of age; title: The power of ambiguity : rhetorical critique as a means of highlighting and maintaining internal contradictions; title: Sustainable development goes to Rio : implications for global environmental governance; title: Subverting the culture of expertise : community participation in development decisions; title: Voices from the bottom of the Rio Grande : negotiating sustainable development in Cameron County, Texas; title: Envisioning sustainable development in Cameron.