In Pursuit of Sustainable Development

New governance practices at the sub-national level in Europe
Herausgeber: Baker, Susan; Eckerberg, Katarina

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the promotion of sustainable development as an organizing principle for the emergence of new forms of governance practices in European Union member states and Norway.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9780415599627
• ISBN-10: 0415599628
• Artikelnr.: 40949660

Autorenporträt

Susan Baker is Professor in Environmental Social Science at Cardiff School for Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. Katarina Eckerberg is Professor in Public Administration in the Department of Political Science, Umeå University and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Promoting Governance Capacity for Sustainable Development 1.
National Sustainable Development Strategies in EU Member States 2. Economic
Instruments and the Promotion of Sustainable Development 3. Institutional
and Social Capacity Enhancement for Local Sustainable Development Part 2:
Engaging in Governance for Sustainable Development 4. Institutional
Capacities for Sustainable Development 5. Sub-National Sustainable
Development Initiatives in Federal States in Germany 6. Rhetoric or
Reality? 7. Governance Networks Promoting Rural Sustainable Development in
Norway 8. New Interpretations of Local Governance for Sustainable
Development in the Netherlands. Conclusion: Combining Old and New
Governance in Pursuit of Sustainable Development