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Governance for Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Adapting Form to Function

Posted By: ChrisRedfield
Governance for Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Adapting Form to Function

William M. Lafferty - Governance for Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Adapting Form to Function
Published: 2004-11-04 | ISBN: 1843767694, 1845428579 | PDF | 377 pages | 3 MB


This book is an original study of the challenge of implementing sustainable development in Western democracies. It highlights the obstacles which sustainable development presents for strategic governance and critically examines how these problems can best be overcome in a variety of different political contexts. The renowned international contributors, including leading policy experts, try to identify the forms of governance necessary to realize the functions of sustainable development. With the help of detailed case studies, they document and analyze specific governance mechanisms for pursuing and achieving this aim. They move on to offer clearly formulated conclusions on the relationship between the demands of sustainable development and the current norms and practices of Western democracy. The book also raises the fundamental question of whether change can ever be achieved if the overriding goal of development is not firmly stated as 'sustainability' rather than 'business as usual'.