William M. Lafferty / James Meadowcroft (eds.)

Implementing Sustainable Development

Herausgeber: Meadowcroft, James; Lafferty, William M

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

structures and approaches deployed to manage environmental problems. Yet, it also reveals significant differences of interpretation and priority, and in the enthusiasm with which sustainable development has been received.

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This book examines how governments in industrialized countries have engaged with the challenge of sustained development over the past decade. Analysis of initiatives undertaken by nine national governments and the European Union reveal important differences in the ways the international commitment to sustainable devolopment has been received.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 934g
• ISBN-13: 9780198294368
• ISBN-10: 0198294360
• Artikelnr.: 22180831

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: William Lafferty and James Meadowcroft: Introduction
* 2: Elim Papadakis: Australia: Ecological Sustainable Development in
the National Interest
* 3: Glen Toner: Canada: From Early Front-runner to Flagging Anchorman
* 4: Christiane Beuermann: Germany: Regulation and the Precautionary
Principle
* 5: Miranda Schreurs: Japan: Law, Technology, and Aid
* 6: Marie-Louise van Muijen: The Netherlands: Ambitious on Goals -
Ambivalent on Action
* 7: Oluf Langhelle: Norway: Reluctantly Carrying the Torch
* 8: Katarina Eckerberg: Sweden: Progression Despite Recession
* 9: Stephen C Young: The United Kingdom: Political Change and
Promising Rhetoric
* 10: Gary Bryner: The United States: Sorry - Not Our Problem
* 11: Susan Baker: The European Union: Integration, Competition, Growth
and Sustainability
* 12: William Lafferty and James Meadowcroft: Patterns of Government
Engagement
* 13: William Lafferty and James Meadowcroft: Concluding Perspectives