A Bit Too Simple - 9781009714013

A Bit Too SimpleNarratives of Development, Sustainability and Climate Change\nAuthor(s): Mette Fog Olwig\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009714013, 978-1009714013\nSynopsis\nNarratives like those portraying development workers as heroes andlocal populations as victims needing to be saved from their own unsustainable practices have led to problematic policies andinterventions. Based on fieldwork across four continents,this Element critically analyzes such metanarratives. First, it demonstrates the ways their simplifying, universalistic narrative plots fail to capture more complex lived realities. Second, it argues that such metanarratives on development are converging with influential metanarratives on climate change and sustainability, thereby strengthening hierarchical geopolitical mindsets. Third, it uncovers how the emergence of for-profit sustainability superhero metanarratives reinforces .