Desenvolvimento sustentável: a história de um conceito em relações internacionais (1987-2012)

Abstract

This work aims to trace the process of resignification and reification of the concept of sustainable development through the History of Concepts whose main theoretician is the historian Reinhart Koselleck. The analysis covers the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, in Sweden, in 1972, that is, the first international meeting that has the environment as a central theme, until the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, in Brazil, in 2012, which aims to consolidate actions for sustainable development, the seventeen sustainable development goals, also known as SDG. It is proposed, through the inductive method, the empiricism of the sources (dissertations and theses, academic articles, book chapters, journalistic articles): (i) investigate dissertations and theses from educational institutions that have the highest grades according to the Avaliação Quadrienal from CAPES of 2017 and that are available in a digital collection, namely, UnB (grade 6), PUC-Minas and PUC-Rio (grade 5) with the purpose of identifying and systematizing the works that address the environmental theme, in general and, specifically, sustainable development; (ii) analyze academic articles, book chapters, journalistic articles, in order to understand the adaptations of the concept according to the dynamics of the international system that covers from the period of peaceful coexistence and détente in the Cold War, the oil crises, the increase of thematic areas on the agendas of discussions in international organizations, the War on Terror and the 2008 crisis, as well as the relationship between developing and developed countries.