| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 The politics of sustainable development; 2 Sustainable development and the deep ecology movement; 3 Sustainable development and the treadmill of production; 4 The evolution of European Union environmental policy; 5 The integration of sustainable development objectives into EU policy-making; 6 Sustainable development in Mediterranean Europe?; 7 Policy networks, local discourses and the implementation of sustainable development |
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8 Dimensions of sustainable development and scales of policy-making9 Implementing European water quality directives; 10 Community-based partnerships and sustainable development; 11 Grassroots environmental movements in rural Greece; 12 Postscript; Index |
| Summary |
The Politics of Sustainable Development analyzes how the theory of sustainable development has been related to the practice and how it has been applied within Europe at all levels of government from the EU down to the sub-national local level. The essays included here begin with an analysis of the ambiguities inherent in sustainable development and the contestable nature of the concept. The contributors explore how far it is possible to reconcile economic growth with environmental needs, asking whether sustainable development can promote equity and development. The book breaks fresh ground in a |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- European Union countries
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Sustainable development.
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Environmental policy -- European Union countries
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sustainable development.
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Environmental policy
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Sustainable development
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kousis, Maria
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Richards, Dick
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| ISBN |
9780203992098 |
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0203992091 |
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