Lundqvist, Lennart J.

Sweden and Ecological Governance : Straddling the Fence. - 1 online resource (257 pages) - Issues in Environmental Politics Ser. . - Issues in Environmental Politics Ser. .

Intro -- Contents -- List of tables -- Preface -- 1 Where the grass is greener: criteria for ecologically rational governance -- 2 'Nested enterprises'? Spatial dimensions of ecological governance -- 3 Up or down with the ecology cycle? Strategies for temporally rational ecological governance -- 4 The commons of governing: the knowledge base of ecological governance -- 5 Governing in common - integration and effectiveness in ecological governance -- 6 Democracy and ecological governance - a balancing act -- 7 Where the buck stops: governmental power and authority in democratic ecological governance -- 8 Straddling the fence: on the possibility of sustainability and democracy in advanced industrial nations -- References -- Index.

This is about policies and strategies for ecologically rational governance and uses the Swedish case study to ask whether it is possible to move form a traditional environmental policy to a broad, integrated pursuit of sustainable development, as illustrated through the 'Sustainable Sweden' programme.

9781847790941


Environmental policy -- Sweden.
Sustainable development -- Sweden.


Electronic books.

HC380.E5 -- L86 2004eb

333.7/09485

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