Sustainable development and governance in Europe : the evolution of the discourse on sustainability / / edited by Pamela M. Barnes and Thomas C. Hoerber

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779746103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-135-03593-8; 1-138-93379-1; 0-203-76873-6; 1-135-03594-6
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in European politics ; ; 96
• Altri autori (Persone): BarnesPamela M. <1950->; HoerberThomas C
• Disciplina: 338.94/07
• Soggetti: Sustainable development - Europe; Europe Economic policy; Europe Politics and government 1989-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; List of illustrations ; Contributors ; Editors' preface ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations ; Introduction: establishing the research questions and methodological framework; Research themes and questions; Discourse theory as a methodological framework; Structure of the book; Part I Reflections on complex and contested concepts1 Linking the discourse on sustainability and governance; 2 Governance for sustainability in the European Union: a post-political project; 3 The impact of de-growth (la décroissance) on the discourse of sustainability; 4 Sustainable development: a floating signifier in the EU's energy policy discourse?; Part II The sustainability discourse at European level; 5 A Common Market and sustainable energy for Europe; ; 6 European energy policy and its 'green dimension': discursive hegemony and policy variations in the greening of energy policy; 7 The changing fortunes of nuclear energy in the discourse on sustainability8 The role of EURATOM in a European sustainable energy strategy; 9 EU sustainable mobility - between economic and environmental discourses; 10 The European Union's emissions trading scheme - a post-political tool for strengthening integration and wide-reaching sustainability?; Part III The sustainability discourse at national and sub-national level; 11 The sustainable development discourse in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe; 12 The UK's devolved authorities and the European sustainability discourse: between identity and actor hierarchy13 The evolution of carbon capitalism in the English regions: sustainable mitigation, carbon modernization, and selective carbon economies; 14 Achieving sustainability through deliberation - reflections from Hampshire's municipal waste-management strategy; Conclusions: not one discourse but many?; Bibliography; Part I: Reflections on complex and contested concepts; 1. Linking the discourse on sustainability and governance Sustainability and sustainable development; Unpacking the contested concepts of sustainable development and governance in Europe; Definition of governance; Bibliography; 2. Governance for sustainability in the European Union - a post-political project; Introduction; Governing for sustainability in Europe; The tensions and contradictions; New governance, but old politics?; Conclusions; Bibliography; 3. The impact of de-growth (la décroissance) on the discourse of sustainability
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>This book analyses the evolution of the sustainability discourse in the European Union, exploring the conditions necessary for sustainable development to move from a conceptual model into a model for action for strategic decision makers at all levels of governance. </P><P></P><P>This book questions the extent to which the discourse on sustainability has become embedded into governance structures in Europe. It focuses on the importance of the nature of the language of the political discourse on sustainability and how ideas are communicated amongst the actors and stakeholders in the policy ma