TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meadowcroft, James.
TI  - Governance, democracy and sustainable development
SN  - 9781782544913
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cheltenham
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Sustainable development
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This insightful book deals with governance of the environment and sustainable development. 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
ER  -