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From ecocycle to sustainable growth: governing sustainability in Stockholm and Växjö

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Sustainable development has become a worldwide goal. Swedish municipalities were early to introduce Agenda 21, but the meaning of sustainable development is not always clear. This article illustrates how the sustainability discourses within two Swedish municipalities have shifted from focusing on adapting to the ecocycle to focusing on sustainable growth. The shift is seen parallel with municipalities’ growing role in the global economy, which has been argued to have become interweaved with a sustainability agenda. The analysis, informed by policy documents and interviews with municipal officials in Växjö and Stockholm, is based on a combination of Foucauldian discourse and governmentality.

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  • Hannah Saldert, 2017. "From ecocycle to sustainable growth: governing sustainability in Stockholm and Växjö," Urban Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(4), pages 403-422, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rurpxx:v:10:y:2017:i:4:p:403-422
    DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2016.1232434
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    1. Vanesa Castán Broto & Linda K. Westman, 2020. "Ten years after Copenhagen: Reimagining climate change governance in urban areas," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(4), July.

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