Case studies and reviews of progress since the 1992 Earth Summit A window on the scope of responses to environmental issues in Africa Insight into contextual realities in Southern Africa and beyond (contributions from Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda) Illumination of the complex challenges we face- practical, political, epistemological- as we attempt to engage one of the biggest social transformations of our time Application of social theory that reveals the need for re-thinking assumptions about the advancement and horizons of this change called, for the time being, ’sustainable development’
