fresh perspectives on the transition to sustainability /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Tim O'Riordan.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Sterling, VA, USA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Earthscan Publications,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxiv, 248 pages :
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illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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pt. 1. Providing perspective. 1. Synthesis and context / Tim O'Riordan and Chris Church. 2. Globalization and localization / Heather Voisey and Tim O'Riordan. 3. Multilevel governance for the sustainability transition / Uno Svedin, Tim O'Riordan and Andrew Jordan. 4. Social-local identities / Judith Cherni. 5. Methods of inquiry / Maria Kousis and Geoffrey Gooch -- pt. 2. The case studies. 6. Decay and revitalization in two Swedish communities / Uno Svedin, Anders Hjort af Ornias and Ulrik Lohm / [and others]. 7. Opportunism via sustainability in Austria / Andrea Grabher and Michael Narodoslawsky. 8. Coming to terms with globalization in Portugal / Valdemar Rodrigues and Fatima Direitinho. 9. Local identity and survival in Greece / Maria Kousis and Eugenia Petropopolou. 10. Local identity and empowerment in the UK / Heather Voisey, Andrew Walters and Chris Church. 11. Taking the transition forward / Tim O'Riordan.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book's thesis is that localism is the crucial complement to globalism. This is supported by a range of European case studies, incl: Sweden, Austria, Portugal, Greece, United Kingdom. Local responses to globalizing forces depend on the nature of the interlinkages in governance from international structures, through multilateral organizations to nation states, regions and localities, as these are mediated through social-local identity. The contributors draw on numerous themes in examining the interaction between the global and the local, such as 'decay and revitalization', 'local identity and empowerment', 'opportunism through sustainability' and 'governance for the transition'.
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Title
Globalism, localism, and identity.
COVER TITLE
Cover Title
Globalism, localism & identity
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Central-local government relations.
International economic relations.
Sustainable development.
Développement durable.
Relations économiques internationales.
Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales.