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

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/27; 338.927
• Soggetto topico: Political science; Economic development; Economic policy; Sustainable development; Environmental sciences; Political Science; Development Studies; Development Policy; Development Theory; Sustainable Development; Environment, general
• Classificazione: BUS072000SOC042000POL044000POL040020
• Persona (resp. second.): BruyninckxHans; HappaertsSander; BrandeKaroline Van den
• 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 / René 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 Peña and Iñaki Barcena -- Sustainable development in Wallonia : trial and error along two tracks of governance / Sander Happaerts -- Governance for sustainable development in the German Bundesländer / Kirsten Jörgensen -- 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 Högenauer -- Green paradiplomacy in North America : successes and limits of the NEG-ECP / Annie Chaloux and Stéphane 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustainable development and subnational governments
• ISBN: 1-280-58520-X; 9786613615039; 1-137-00542-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826159403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II