Governance for sustainable development
Governance for sustainable development the challenge of adapting form to function / [electronic resource] :
edited by William M. Lafferty.
- Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2004.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 377 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : form and function in governance for sustainable development / William M. Lafferty -- 2. Implementation theory and the challenge of sustainable development : the transformative role of learning / Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. -- 3. Adapting form to function? : from economic to sustainable development governance in the European Union / Elizabeth Bomberg -- 4. Management by objectives : a comparison of Dutch, Swedish and EU strategies for realising sustainable development / Lennart J. Lundqvist -- 5. "Sustainability is cool" : rhetorical participatory discourse in the Spanish strategy for sustainable development / Susana Aguilar Fernández -- 6. Participation and sustainable development : modes of citizen, community and organisational involvement / James Meadowcroft -- 7. From environmental protection to sustainable development : the challenge of decoupling through sectoral integration / William M. Lafferty -- 8. Partners for progress? : the role of business in transcending business as usual / Audun Ruud -- 9. Governance by diffusion : implementing global norms through cross-national imitation and learning / Helge Jörgens -- 10. Implementing sustainable development : how to know what works, where, when and how / Hans T.A. Bressers -- 11. Governance for sustainable development : lessons and implications/ William M. Lafferty.
This book is an original study of the challenge of implementing sustainable development in Western democracies. It highlights the obstacles which sustainable development presents for strategic governance and critically examines how these problems can best be overcome in a variety of different political contexts.
9781845421700 (e-book)
2004046671
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development--Government policy.
Electronic books.
HC79.E5 / G664 2004
338.9/27
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : form and function in governance for sustainable development / William M. Lafferty -- 2. Implementation theory and the challenge of sustainable development : the transformative role of learning / Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. -- 3. Adapting form to function? : from economic to sustainable development governance in the European Union / Elizabeth Bomberg -- 4. Management by objectives : a comparison of Dutch, Swedish and EU strategies for realising sustainable development / Lennart J. Lundqvist -- 5. "Sustainability is cool" : rhetorical participatory discourse in the Spanish strategy for sustainable development / Susana Aguilar Fernández -- 6. Participation and sustainable development : modes of citizen, community and organisational involvement / James Meadowcroft -- 7. From environmental protection to sustainable development : the challenge of decoupling through sectoral integration / William M. Lafferty -- 8. Partners for progress? : the role of business in transcending business as usual / Audun Ruud -- 9. Governance by diffusion : implementing global norms through cross-national imitation and learning / Helge Jörgens -- 10. Implementing sustainable development : how to know what works, where, when and how / Hans T.A. Bressers -- 11. Governance for sustainable development : lessons and implications/ William M. Lafferty.
This book is an original study of the challenge of implementing sustainable development in Western democracies. It highlights the obstacles which sustainable development presents for strategic governance and critically examines how these problems can best be overcome in a variety of different political contexts.
9781845421700 (e-book)
2004046671
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development--Government policy.
Electronic books.
HC79.E5 / G664 2004
338.9/27