The potential for tackling inequality in the Sustainable Development Goals

The recently passed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encompass a variety of explicit and implicit goals that address inequality. Although formulations remain vague and targets abstract, the SDGs go much further than previous development goals in addressing inequality as a central issue. Against...

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Published in:Third world quarterly 2016-12, Vol.37 (12), p.2139-2155
Main Authors: Freistein, Katja, Mahlert, Bettina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Developing countries
Development
global inequality
Inequality
international political sociology
LDCs
Objectives
Society
Sociology
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development Goals
world society
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Summary:The recently passed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encompass a variety of explicit and implicit goals that address inequality. Although formulations remain vague and targets abstract, the SDGs go much further than previous development goals in addressing inequality as a central issue. Against the background of insights from inequality research, the article assesses their potential to become discursive resources for fundamental reforms of established development ideas.
ISSN:0143-6597
1360-2241
DOI:10.1080/01436597.2016.1166945