Governing Sustainability

by Edited by W. Neil Adger , Andrew Jordan

• ISBN13: 9780521518758
• ISBN10: 052151875X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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 both a state-of-the-art review of current thinking and 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 Biography

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
Overview and Context	p. 1
Sustainability: exploring the processes and outcomes of governance	p. 3
Human development and environmental governance: a reality check	p. 32
Governance and Government	p. 53
Governance, government and the pursuit of sustainability	p. 55
How do environmental actors make governance systems more sustainable? The role of politics and ideas in policy change	p. 76
Global governance for sustainable capitalism? The political economy of global environmental governance	p. 99
Governance and Civil Society	p. 123
Citizens, citizenship and governance for sustainability	p. 125
The governance of science for sustainability	p. 142
Practitioner evaluations of participatory processes in environmental decision making	p. 159
Governance and Decision Making	p. 191
Participation, precaution and reflexive governance for sustainable development	p. 193
Precaution and the governance of risk	p. 226
Economics and the governance of sustainable development	p. 259
Sustainability, welfare and value over time	p. 283
Conclusions	p. 305
Reflections on the pathways to sustainability	p. 307
Index	p. 329
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