Governance for sustainable development [electronic resource] : the challenge of adapting form to function / edited by William M. Lafferty.
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2004Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 377 p.) : illISBN: 9781845421700 (e-book)Subject(s): Sustainable development | Sustainable development -- Government policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 338.9/27 LOC classification: HC79.E5 | G664 2004Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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.
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