Sustainable development and subnational governments : policy making and multi-level interactions / edited by Hans Bruyninckx, Sander Happaerts and Karoline Van den Brande.

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TextPublication details: Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.Description: 269 p. : 22 cmISBN:

9780230360525

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338.927

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Ch. 1 Introduction / Karoline Van den Brande, Hans Bruyninckx and Sander Happaerts -- Karoline Van den Brande, Hans Bruyninckx and Sander Happaerts -- Pt. 1. Subnational sustainable development policies -- Ch. 2. The Social and Political Construction of Sustainable Development in Quebec: A Critical Analysis of the Quebec Sustainable Development Policy / René Audet and Corinne Gendron -- Ch. 3. Inclusive Governance or Incrementalism? The Choice of a Sustainable Development Governance Model for Flanders / Kris Bachus and Sophie Spillemaeckers -- Ch. 4. Sustainable Development Policies in the Basque Country / Alberto de la Peña and Iñaki Barcena Hijonal. Ch. 5. Sustainable Development in Wallonia: Trial and Error Along Two Tracks of Governance / Sander Happaerts -- Ch. 6. Governance for Sustainable Development in the German Bundeslünder / Kisten Jürgensen -- Ch. 7. Dutch Provincial Sustainable Development Policies: Ambitions and Differences / Fran H.J.M. Coenen -- Pt. 2. Multi-level interactions in a sustainable development context -- Ch. 8. Spanish Subnational Involvement in Multi-Level Sustainable Development Issues / Kenneth Hanf and Francesc Morata. Ch. 9. A 'Responsibility' to Act Globally: Investigating the Welsh Assembly Government's Engagement in nrg4SD / Elin Royles -- Ch. 10. Routes to Global Decision-Making: Flanders in the UN and OECD Discussions on Sustainable Development / Karoline Van den Brande -- Ch. 11. Subnational Involvement in EU Policy-Making: The Case of Scottish Flood Risk Management / Anna-Lena Hügenauer -- Ch. 12. Green Paradiplomacy in North America: Successes and Limits of the NEG-ECP / Annie Chaloux and Stéphane Paquin -- Pt. 3. Conclusion -- The State of Sustainable Development: Perspectives from the Subnational Level / Karoline Van den Brande, Sander Happaerts and Hans Bruyninckx.

Summary: This book highlights the importance of the subnational level of governance in relation to sustainable development, exploring how subnational governments have taken up the challenge to design sustainable development policies and their involvement in international decision-making on sustainable development.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	338.927 SUS sus (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10120

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book highlights the importance of the subnational level of governance in relation to sustainable development, exploring how subnational governments have taken up the challenge to design sustainable development policies and their involvement in international decision-making on sustainable development.

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