Reflexive governance for sustainable development
Reflexive governance for sustainable development [electronic resource] /
edited by Jan-Peter Voss, Dierk Bauknecht and René Kemp.
- Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2006.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 457 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Reflections on reflexive governance -- pt. 3. Strategies for sustainable system transformation -- pt. 4. Knowledge production and assessment -- pt. 5. Development of technology and policy.
This book deals with the issue of sustainable development in a novel and innovative way. It examines the governance implications of reflexive modernisation--the condition that societal development is endangered by its own side-effects. With conceptualising reflexive governance the book leads a way out of endless quarrels about the definition of sustainability and into a new mode of collective action.
9781847200266 (e-book)
2005049479
Sustainable development--Management.
Electronic books.
HD75.6 / .R445 2006
658.4/083
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Reflections on reflexive governance -- pt. 3. Strategies for sustainable system transformation -- pt. 4. Knowledge production and assessment -- pt. 5. Development of technology and policy.
This book deals with the issue of sustainable development in a novel and innovative way. It examines the governance implications of reflexive modernisation--the condition that societal development is endangered by its own side-effects. With conceptualising reflexive governance the book leads a way out of endless quarrels about the definition of sustainability and into a new mode of collective action.
9781847200266 (e-book)
2005049479
Sustainable development--Management.
Electronic books.
HD75.6 / .R445 2006
658.4/083