From Academic Imperialism to the Civil Commons: Institutional Possibilities for Responding to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Autor/in	Sumner, Jennifer
Titel	From Academic Imperialism to the Civil Commons: Institutional Possibilities for Responding to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
Quelle	In: Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 39 (2008) 1, S.77-94 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0826-4805
DOI	10.1007/s10780-008-9045-4
Schlagwörter	Global Approach; Sustainable Development; Role of Education; Moral Values; Educational Philosophy; Educational Environment; Politics of Education; Economic Factors; International Organizations; Corporations; Economic Development; Free Enterprise System; Quality of Life; Humanization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Bildungsauftrag; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Ökonomischer Faktor; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Unternehmen; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Freie Wirtschaft; Lebensqualität; Humanisierung
Abstract	The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development signals an unparalleled opportunity to link education with sustainability. But in the age of corporate globalization, will education bow to the external pressures that have always sought to subordinate it to vested interests, or will it reach beyond these narrow confines to the larger interests of the public good? The answer to this question rests with our understanding of sustainable development. A contested term, sustainable development can mean business as usual in a highly corporatized world or it can mean promoting the civil commons--co-operative human constructions that protect and/or enable universal access to life goods. The former understanding includes academic imperialism--capital accumulation on a world scale through academic means. The latter understanding includes the deep co-operation inherent in the civil commons, which leads not only to truly sustainable development, but also to sustainable globalization. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10