Governance for sustainable development : the challenge of adapting form to function / edited by William M. Lafferty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lafferty, William M., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Sustainable development--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, [2004]

Contents:

1 Introduction: form and function in governance for sustainable development / William M. Lafferty 1

2 Implementation theory and the challenge of sustainable development: the transformative role of learning / Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr 32

3 Adapting form to function?: from economic to sustainable development governance in the European Union / Elizabeth Bomberg 61

4 Management by objectives and results: a comparison of Dutch, Swedish and EU strategies for realising sustainable development / Lennart J. Lundqvist 95

5 'Sustainability is cool': rhetorical participatory discourse in the Spanish strategy for sustainable development / Susana Aguilar Fernandez 128

6 Participation and sustainable development: modes of citizen, community and organisational involvement / James Meadowcroft 162

7 From environmental protection to sustainable development: the challenge of decoupling through sectoral integration / William M. Lafferty 191

8 Partners for progress?: the role of business in transcending business as usual / Audun Ruud 221

9 Governance by diffusion: implementing global norms through cross-national imitation and learning / Helge Jorgens 246

10 Implementing sustainable development: how to know what works, where, when and how / Hans T.A. Bressers 284

11 Governance for sustainable development: lessons and implications / William M. Lafferty 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843767694

OCLC:

54767528