Governing sustainable development : partnerships, protests and power at the World Summit / / Carl Death

• Autore: Death Carl
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/27; 338.927
• Soggetto topico: Sustainable development - International cooperation
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Power, discourse, government: A Foucauldian perspective on sustainable development and summitry; 3 Producing sustainable development: The discourse from Stockholm to Johannesburg; 4 Negotiating sustainable development: From a global deal to partnerships; 5 Performing sustainable development: Governing by example at the Summit; 6 Resisting sustainable development: The politics of protest at the Summit; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Multilateral UN summits from Stockholm to Copenhagen have set the pace and direction for the global governance of sustainable development. The 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) was a key moment in the evolution of sustainable development as a discourse and summitry as a technology of government. It firmly established multi-stakeholder partnerships, carbon-trading and communication strategies as primary techniques for dealing with environmental crises. It was also a significant event in terms of South African domestic politics, witnessing some of the largest pr
• Titolo autorizzato: Governing sustainable development
• ISBN: 1-136-94111-8; 1-136-94112-6; 1-282-78152-9; 9786612781520; 0-203-84741-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785161003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Interventions (Routledge (Firm))