In Pursuit of Sustainable Development - New Governance Practices At the Sub-National Level in Europe

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Susan (Cardiff University Baker, Susan (Cardiff University) Eckerberg Baker, Susan C. Eckerberg Baker, Susan Eckerberg Baker, BAKER SUSAN ECKERBERG KATARINA, Baker Ka Susan
• Assisted by: Susan Baker (Editor), Katarina Eckerberg (Editor), Eckerberg Katarina (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2008
• EAN: 9780415419109
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41910-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science; Routledge/ECPR Studies in Euro; Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Social issues & processes, Politics and government, Social and ethical issues, Human Geography, Development Studies