Governance, Democracy and Sustainable Development: Moving Beyond the Impasse

by James Meadowcroft, Oluf Langhelle, Audun Ruud

The contributors explore the difficulties developed countries are experiencing in coming to terms with environmental limits and the resultant challenges to the democratic polity. They engage with different dimensions of the governance challenge including norms, public attitudes, citizen engagement, political conflict, policy design, and implementation, and with a range of environmental problems such as climate change, biodiversity/nature protection, and water management. The book concludes with an essay by William Lafferty that explores the flawed character of the contemporary democratic polity and offers his reflections on possible pathways to reform.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849807566
• ISBN13: 9781849807562
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"