Abstract
Faustus is writ large in European mythology. A sixteenth-century German astronomer, he is reputed to have sold his soul to the devil for unlimited power. In modern English parlance, to ‘strike a Faustian bargain’ is to be willing to make questionable sacrifices for knowledge or power or influence, closing one’s eyes to the consequences.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Andreotti, V. (2006) ‘Soft versus critical global citizenship education’ Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review, Vol. 3, Autumn 2006., pp. 40–51.
Bourn, D (2008) Global Skills, London: Learning and Skills improvement Sevice.
Bourn, D. (2009) ‘Globalisation and sustainability: The challenges for education’ Environmental Scientist, 18(1, pp. 12–14, 52.
Chossudovsky, M. (1997) The Globalisation of Poverty: Impacts of IMF and World Bank reforms, London: Zed Books.
CONGORD/DEEEP (2007) European Consensus on Development: Tne Contribution of Development Education and Awareness Raising, available: http://www.deecp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/dowTiloads/Consensus_on_DE/DE_Consensus-EN.pdf (accessed 1 December 2010).
CONCORD/DEEEP (2009) Development Education and the School Curriculum in the European Union: A Report on the Status and Impact of Development Education in the Formal Education Sector and School Curriculum in Member States of the European Union, available: http://www.deeep.org/schooicurricula.html (accessed 1 December 2010).
Daly, H. (1996) Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development, Massachusetts: Beacon.
Dawkins, R. (2006) The God Delusion, London: Bantam.
Fedelino, A. (2010) Making Fiscal Decentralization Work: Cross-country Expieriaices, International Monetary Fond, 6 October.
Lien, J and Maclean, R. (2010) ‘The private sector and education for sustainable development’ in UNESCO, Tomorrow Today, Paris: Tudor Rose, pp. 52–53.
Eisner, M. (2009) Capitalist Realism: Is 1 ‘here No Alternative?’ Winchester: O Books. Global Humanitarian Forum (2009) The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis, Geneva: Global Humanitarian Forum Impact Report.
Gutiérrez Perez, J. and Pozo Llorente, M T (2005) ‘Sluitifera Navis: Institutional tensions, conceptual chaos, and professional uncertainty at the beginning of the decade of education for sustainable development’ Policy Futures in Education, 3(3, pp. 296–308.
Hall, B. (2002) ‘The right to a new Utopia: Adult learning and the changing world of work in an era of global capitalism’ in E O’ Sullivan, A Morrell and M A O’Connor (eds) Expanding the Boundary of Transformative Learning, New Yrk: Palgrave, pp. 35 46.
Hamilton, C. (2010) Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change, London: Earthscan.
Hawkeri, P. (2007) Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming, London: Viking.
Hossay, P. (2006) Unsustainable: A Premier for Global Environmental and Social Justice, London: Zed Books.
Huckle, J. (2010) ‘ESD and the current, crisis of capitalism: Teaching beyond green new deals’. Journal, of Education for Sustainable Development, 4(1. pp. 135–142.
Jackson, T (2009,) Prosperity Without Growth? The Transition to the Sustainable Economy, London: Sustainable Development Commission.
Jickiing, Band Wals, A E (2008) ‘Globalization and environmental education’. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 40(1, pp. 1–21.
Kingsnorth, P. (2011.) ‘The economic collapse is a crisis of “bigness”’ The Guardian, 25 September, available: http://www.guarcUan.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/scp/25/cri sis-big ness-leopold-kobr?INTCMP=SRCH (accessed 22 March 2013).
Krause, J. (2010) European Developinent Education Monitoring Report: “DE Watch”, available: http://www.deeep.oig/dewatcli.html (accessed 1 December 2010).
Lloyd, B. (2009) ‘The growth delusion’ Sustainability, Vol. 1, pp. 516–536.
McGregor, S. (2003) Consumerism as Source of Structural Violence, available: http://www.kon.org/bswp/archive/consumerism.html (accessed 24 February 2013).
Mcintosh, A. (2008) Hell and High Water: Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition, Edinburgh: Birlinn.
Pelling, M., High, C., Dearirig, J and Smith, D. (2008) ‘Shadow spaces for social learning: A relational understanding of adaptive capacity to climate change within organisations’ Environment and Planning, Vol. 40, pp. 867–884. Public Services International Research Unit (multi-dated) Cuts Watch, University o Greenwich: PS1RU, available: http://www.psiru.org/cutswatch (accessed 11 April 2013)
Rajacic, A., Surian, A., Pricke, H-J, Krause, J and Davis, P. (2010) DEAR in Europe Recommendations for Future Interventions fry the European Commission. Final Report of the ‘Study on the Experience and Actions of the Main European Actors Active in the Field of Development Education and Awareness Raising’’ available: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/(fpfis/mwikis/aidco/index. php/DEAR_Final_report (accessed 24 February 2013).
Richmond, M. (2010) ‘Envisioning, coordinating and implementing the UN decade of education for sustainable development’ in UNESCO, Tomorrow Today, Paris: Tudor Rose, pp. 19–22.
Rizvi, F. (2004) ‘Debating globalization and education after September 11’ Comparative Education, 40(2, pp. 157–171.
Sangkyoo, K. (2010) ‘Unlocking the potential of ESD for green growth’ in UNESCO, Tomorrow Today, Paris: Tudor Rose, pp. 49–51.
Seeking Alpha (2011) Privatization Could Stimulate Economic Growth in Europe, 22 December, available: http://seekiiigalpha.com/article/31S581-privatization-could-stimulate-economic-gi’owth-in-eui’ope (accessed 11 April 2013).
Selby, D and Kagawa, V (2011) ‘Climate change learning: Unleashing blessed unrest as the heating happens’ Green Teacher, 94, Fall, pp. 3–15.
Shiva, V. (2008) Soil Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity, London: Zed.
Springelt, D. (2010) ‘Education for sustainabilily in the business studies curriculum’ in P Jones., D Sterling (eds) S’ustainabiliSy Education: Perspectives and Practice Across Higher Education, London: Earthscan, pp. 75–92.
Stromquist, N. (2002) Education in a Globalized World: Tlie Connectivity of Economic Power, Technology, and Knowledge, Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
Tones, C A (2009) Education and Neoliberal Globalization, New York: Routledge.
UNESCO (2009) Bonn Declaration, UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, 31 March-2 April 2009, available: http://www.esd-world-conference-2009.org/fileadmin/download/ESU 2 009 BonnDedaralioii080409.pdf (accessed 24 February 2013).
UNESCO (2010) Tomorrow Today, Paris: Tudor Rose.
Victor, P. (2003) Managing Without Growth: Slower try Design Not Disaster, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Wall, K. (2012) ‘The end of the welfare state? How globalization is affecting state sovereignty’ Global Policy, 17 A gust, available: http://www.globalporicyjour-nal com/blog/17-08-2012/# end-state-globlization state-sovereignty-Q (accessed 11 April 2013).
WCED (World Commission on Environment and Development) (1987) Our Common Future, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wells, A S., Carnochan, S., Slayton, J., Allen, R and Vasudeva, A. (1998) ‘lobalization and educational change’ in A Hargreaves I’ed.) International Handbook of Educational Change, Dordrecht: Khivver Academic Publishers, pp. 322–348.
Woodward, D and Simms, A. (2006) Growth isn’t Working: The Uneven Distribution of Benefits and Costs from Economic Growth, London: New Economics Foundation, available: http://wmv.neweconomics.org/publications/growth-isn%E2%80%99t-working (accessed 24 February 2013)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2014 David Selby and Fumiyo Kagawa
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Selby, D., Kagawa, F. (2014). Striking a Faustian Bargain? Development Education, Education for Sustainable Development and the Economic Growth Agenda. In: McCloskey, S. (eds) Development Education in Policy and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137324665_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137324665_9
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-45900-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-32466-5
eBook Packages: Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)