Reflexive governance for sustainable development / edited by Jan-Peter Voss, Dierk Bauknecht and Rene Kemp.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Voss, Jan-Peter.

Bauknecht, Dierk.

Kemp, René, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Management.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the issue of sustainable development in a novel and innovative way. It examines the governance implications of reflexive modernisation - the condition that societal development is endangered by its own side-effects. With conceptualising reflexive governance the book leads a way out of endless quarrels about the definition of sustainability and into a new mode of collective action.

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1. Sustainability and reflexive governance: introduction; Reections on reflexive governance; 2. Reflexive governance: politics in the global risk society; 3. Reflexive modernisation as a governance issue, or: designing and shaping re-structuration; 4. A co-evolutionary approach to reflexive governance - and its ironies; Strategies for sustainable system transformation; 5. Transition management: a reflexive governance approach; 6. Adaptive management to restore ecological and economic resilience in the Tisza river basin

7. Sustainability foresight: reflexive governance in the transformation of utility systems8. Foresight and adaptive planning as complementary elements in anticipatory policy-making: a conceptual and methodological approach; 9. Precaution, foresight and sustainability: reflection and reflexivity in the governance of science and technology; 10. The (re)search for solutions: research programmes for sustainable development; 11. Integrating perspectives in the practice of transdisciplinary research; Development of technology and policy

12. Niche-based approaches to sustainable development: radical activists versus strategic managers13. The sustainable transformation of sanitation; 14. The transition towards sustainable production systems in Austria: a reflexive exercise?; 15. The transformation of agriculture: reflexive governance for agrobiodiversity; Conclusions; 16. Reflexive governance: a view on an emerging path; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-19932-7

9786613199324

1-84720-026-5

OCLC:

475971521