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Achieving sustainable development : the challenge of governance across social scales / edited by Hans Th. A. Bressers and Walter A. Rosenbaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental policy--International cooperation.
- Sustainable development.
- Sustainable development--International cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bressers, Rosenbaum, and their contributors analyze what, until recently, has been among the least examined issues implicit in the growing global discourse about sustainable development: the creation of institutions and processes for effective governance of sustainability policies. The creation and endurance of governance institutions capable of implementing sustainability policies is, in fact, fundamental for any viable conception of sustainable development. The analyses focus not only on how societies can organize, but on how they do organize to overcome such daunting obstacles in the Nether
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Preface; I. Introduction; II. The Significance of Social Scales: Visions and Concepts; III. The Imperative for Multilevel Governance in Sustainable Development; IV. The Impact of Multilevel Governance on Policy Making for Sustainability; Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400606571
- 9786612408793
- 9781282408791
- 1282408798
- 9780313057274
- 0313057273
- OCLC:
- 61248053
- Publisher Number:
- 10.5040/9798400606571
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