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Mikael Klintman

Mikael Klintman

Professor

Mikael Klintman

Social Sustainability Requires Social Sustainability: Procedural Prerequisites for Reaching Substantive Goals

Author

  • Magnus Boström
  • Åsa Casula Vifell
  • Mikael Klintman
  • Linda Soneryd

Summary, in English

The synergies and trade-offs between the various dimensions of sustainable development are attracting a rising scholarly attention. Departing from the scholarly debate, this article focuses on internal relationships within social sustainability. Our key claim is that it is difficult to strengthen substantive social sustainability goals unless there are key elements of social sustainability contained in the very procedures intended to work toward sustainability. Our analysis, informed by an organizing perspective, is based on a set of case studies on multi-stakeholder transnational sustainability projects (sustainability standards). This article explores six challenges related to the achievement of such procedures that can facilitate substantive social sustainability. Three of these concern the formulation of standards and policies, and three the implementation of standards and policies. To achieve substantive social sustainability procedures must be set in motion with abilities to take hold of people's concerns, frames, resources, as well as existing relevant institutions and infrastructures.

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

131-156

Publication/Series

Nature and Culture

Volume

10

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1558-5468