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Summary
Summary
The crisis of unsustainability is, above all else, a crisis of governance. The transition to a more sustainable world will inevitably require radical changes in the actions of all governments, and it will call for significant changes to the lifestyles of individuals everywhere. Bringing together some of the world's most highly regarded experts on governance and sustainable development, this book examines these necessary processes and consequences across a range of sectors, regions and other important areas of concern. It reveals that the governance of sustainable development is politically contested, and that it will continue to test existing governance systems to their limits. As an assessment of existing policy practices, it will be of great interest to all those who are preparing themselves - or their organisations - for the sustainability transition.
Author Notes
W. Neil Adger is Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of East Anglia.
Andrew Jordan is Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of East Anglia.
Table of Contents
List of figures | p. ix |
List of tables | p. x |
List of contributors | p. xi |
List of abbreviations | p. xiii |
Foreword | p. xv |
Preface | p. xvii |
Part I Overview and Context | p. 1 |
1 Sustainability: exploring the processes and outcomes of governance | p. 3 |
2 Human development and environmental governance: a reality check | p. 32 |
Part II Governance and Government | p. 53 |
3 Governance, government and the pursuit of sustainability | p. 55 |
4 How do environmental actors make governance systems more sustainable? The role of politics and ideas in policy change | p. 76 |
5 Global governance for sustainable capitalism? The political economy of global environmental governance | p. 99 |
Part III Governance and Civil Society | p. 123 |
6 Citizens, citizenship and governance for sustainability | p. 125 |
7 The governance of science for sustainability | p. 142 |
8 Practitioner evaluations of participatory processes in environmental decision making | p. 159 |
Part IV Governance and Decision Making | p. 191 |
9 Participation, precaution and reflexive governance for sustainable development | p. 193 |
10 Precaution and the governance of risk | p. 226 |
11 Economics and the governance of sustainable development | p. 259 |
12 Sustainability, welfare and value over time | p. 283 |
Part V Conclusions | p. 305 |
13 Reflections on the pathways to sustainability | p. 307 |
Index | p. 329 |