strategies and initiatives in high consumption societies /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by William M. Lafferty and James R. Meadowcroft.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xx, 523 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-498) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Australia : ecological sustainable development in the national interest / Elim Papadakis -- Canada : from early frontrunner to plodding anchorman / Glen Toner -- Germany : regulation and the precautionary principle / Christiane Beuermann -- Japan : law, technology, and aid / Miranda Schreurs -- The Netherlands : ambitious on goals--ambivalent on action / Marie-Louise van Muijen -- Norway : reluctantly carrying the torch / Oluf Langhelle -- Sweden : progression despite recession / Katarina Eckerberg -- The United Kingdom : from political containment to integrated thinking? / Stephen C. Young -- The United States : 'Sorry--not our problem' / Gary C. Bryner -- The European Union : integration, competition, growth--and sustainability / Susan Baker -- Patterns of governmental engagement / William M. Lafferty and James Meadowcroft -- Concluding perspectives / William M. Lafferty and James Meadowcroft.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Examining how governments in the developed industrial world have responded to the challenge of sustainable development, this text shows that the concept has been integrated into governmental idiom in most jurisdictions.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Title
Implementing sustainable development.
International Standard Book Number
9780198294368
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economic policy, Case studies.
Sustainable development, Case studies.
Développement durable-- Cas, Études de.
Politique économique-- Cas, Études de.
Aufsatzsammlung
Beleidsimplementatie.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Sustainable Development.