Sustainable Development and Subnational Governments : Policy-Making and Multi-Level Interactions / / edited by H. Bruyninckx, S. Happaerts, K. van den Brande

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960011703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
• ISBN: 9786613615039; 9781280585203; 128058520X; 9781137005427; 1137005424
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2012.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Classificazione: BUS072000SOC042000POL044000POL040020
• Altri autori (Persone): BruyninckxHans <1964->; HappaertsSander <1983->; BrandeKaroline van den <1983->
• Disciplina: 338.9/27
• Soggetti: Political science; Economic development; Sustainability; Ecology; Political Science; Development Studies; Environmental Sciences
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The social and political construction of sustainable development in Quebec : a critical analysis of the Quebec sustainable development policy / Rene Audet and Corinne Gendron -- Inclusive governance or incrementalism? : the choice of a sustainable development governance model for Flanders / Kris Bachus and Sophie Spillemaeckers -- Sustainable development policies in the Basque Country / Alberto de la Pena and Inaki Barcena -- Sustainable development in Wallonia : trial and error along two tracks of governance / Sander Happaerts -- ; Governance for sustainable development in the German Bundeslander / Kirsten Jorgensen -- Dutch provincial sustainable development policies : ambitions and differences / Frans Coenen -- Spanish subnational involvement in multi-level sustainable development issues / Kenneth Hanf and Francesc Morata -- A "responsibility" to act globally : investigating the Welsh assembly government's engagement in nrg4SD / Elin Royles -- Routes to global decision-making : Flanders in the UN and OECD discussions on sustainable development / Karoline Van den Brande -- Subnational involvement in EU policy-making : the case of Scottish flood risk management / Anna-Lena Hogenauer -- Green paradiplomacy in North America : successes and limits of the NEG-ECP / Annie Chaloux and Stephane Paquin -- The state of sustainable development : perspectives from the subnational level / Sander Happaerts, Hans Bruyninckx and Karoline Van den Brande.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.