Governance for Sustainable Development : The Challenge of Adapting Form to Function


W.M. Lafferty
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2004.
Omfang
1 online resource (396 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: form and function in governance for sustainable development; Chapter 2: Implementation theory and the challenge of sustainable development: the tranformative role of learning; Chapter 3: Adapting form to function?: from economic to sustainable development governance in the European Union; Chapter 4: Management by objectives and results: a comparison of Dutch, Swedish and EU strategies for realising sustainable development; Chapter 5: 'Sustainability is cool': rhetorical participatory discourse in the Spanish strategy for sustainable development. - Chapter 11: Governance for sustainable development: lessons and implicationsIndex. - Chapter 6: Participation and sustainable development: modes of citizen, community and organisational involvementChapter 7: From environmental protection to sustainable development: the challenge of decoupling through sectoral integration; Chapter 8: Partners for progress?: the role of business in transcending business as usual; Chapter 9: Governance by diffusion: implementing global norms through cross-national imitation and learning; Chapter 10: Implementing sustainable development: how to know what works, where, when and how. - A study on the challenge of implementing sustainable development in Western democracies. Given that sustainable development involves a number of new challenges for strategic governance, the authors examine how these obstacles can be overcome in different political contexts.
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ISBN
1843767694

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