GLOBALIZATION ANO SUSTAINABILITV: THE COLLAPSE OF THE MYTH OF COMPATIBILITV

The process of economíc globalization and the theme of sustainable development are the products of economic and environmenta / transformatíons over long periods. We present and critically discuss the idea of promoting sus tainable development through free trade (the agenda of GATT, the Rio Conference and the WTO). We pUl for ward the proposition that the globalization that has taken place over the last decade is not sustalnable either for the South, or for future generations, and not even for the North. Sustainable development ís defined as necessar ily Ine/uding two dímensions: social sustalnability and environmental sustainabilíty. The conflictual network of non-state and state actors can enable a movement to wards environmental sustainability. The attainment of social sustainability is much more problema tic, beca use capitalism does not have, and has never had, the sel