Armed Conflict Versus Global Sustainable Development as Functions of Social Change
Language:
English
Writer(s):
Marta Botta, Aliasghar Abbasi
Location:
Journal of Futures Studies
Date:
June 2015
Abstract:
This paper offers a futures analysis of armed conflicts and its detrimental impact on the three pillars of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental. It draws on macro history to contextualize war along its socio-political and psychological drivers and explores alternative options for conflict resolution. The macro history perspective offers an alternative view of armed conflict, as a vehicle of social change, due to its disruptive action on stagnating social conditions. War, as a feature of the dominator society, is a barrier to sustainable development.
Attachment:
- JFS19-4-Article4.pdf