ABSTRACT
Developmental states focused on accelerating the transition from predominantly agricultural to predominantly industrial economies. Their strategic focus is structural transformation. Sustainability transitions are also about structural transformation, but to date the focus has been on transitions in the advanced economies. The adoption of the SDGs makes it necessary to synthesize the literature on these two realities, with special reference to how developmental states can address the need for development within a resource- and carbon-constrained world. At the centre of this synthesis lies a particular conception of politics, power and the polity that is best captured in Jessop’s notion of ‘collibration’.
