Forum for Development Studies Pub Date : 2021-01-14 , DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2020.1867889 Teppo Eskelinen 1
Abstract
The article analyses the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the perspective of their self-understanding of political sense expressed in key SDG documents, including both UN documents and reports produced by individual countries. Utopia and governance are presented as ideal-typical approaches and analytical tools for qualitative content analysis. This approach is argued to be particularly illuminating in the case of politics of international development, as international development is simultaneously highly utopian and deeply embedded in rationalities of governance. As this analytical framework is applied to the SDGs, it is shown that their utopian pronouncements are related to the idea of humanity as a single subject, as well as inclusive prosperity. On the other hand, the SDGs are curtailed by adherence to the ideas of contemporary governance, the international order and given ideas of development economics. The findings and the methodology are then further discussed in the broader context of international development.
中文翻译:
从乌托邦和治理的角度解读可持续发展目标
摘要
本文从可持续发展目标(SDGs)的自我理解的角度分析可持续发展目标(SDGs)在关键可持续发展目标文件中表达的政治意义,包括联合国文件和个别国家的报告。乌托邦和治理被视为用于定性内容分析的理想典型方法和分析工具。这种方法被认为在国际发展政治的情况下特别具有启发性,因为国际发展同时具有高度乌托邦性和深深植根于治理的合理性。由于将这一分析框架应用于可持续发展目标,表明其乌托邦式的声明与人类作为单一主体的理念以及包容性繁荣有关。另一方面,坚持当代治理理念、国际秩序和既定的发展经济学理念会限制可持续发展目标。然后在更广泛的国际发展背景下进一步讨论调查结果和方法。