Thinking the socio-environmental issue: representation and representativity on development discourses

Abstract

Based on empirical study of the currently development discourses held by key-actors in the Gran Concepción, Chile, this article raises up some theoretical implications according to its results. There are two main issues when we talk about the couple if terms development-sustainability: the power of social representations and the opening question about the representativity on decisions regarding development and sustainability. This connects environmental issues with a claim of citizenship and with the social priorities that we –as a country- accept.