Democratic Sustainability in a New Era of Localism - John Stanton

Democratic Sustainability in a New Era of Localism

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Buch | Hardcover
188 Seiten
2014
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-72483-8 (ISBN)
179,95 inkl. MwSt
Change and development are going on all around us. On both an international platform, as well as at the local governmental and community level, governments, decision and policy makers constantly strive to improve the world in which we live, seeking to make it better and to improve quality of life.

This book focuses on such development in the context of localism in the UK. It strips the principle of local sustainability down to its constituent parts and considers the extent to which it can be said to be central to local life. As part of this, it presents the case for the importance of accountability and citizen participation in achieving objectives aligned with sustainability, and illustrates the relationships that these principles share. On this foundation, it evaluates local government in the UK, as well as examples of community-led regeneration initiatives and bodies, and seeks to determine both the nature of their pursuit of sustainability and the extent to which accountability and citizen participation play a part in that pursuit.

It shows that local sustainability is enhanced by accountability and citizen participation; those principles ensuring that local people can be central to the process. Whilst its evaluations of local democratic systems in the UK reveal certain issues as regards the extent to which this is reflected in practice, it at least demonstrates an enthusiasm and awareness of the important role that accountability and citizen participation can play in the process of local sustainability.

The book is aimed at legal academics, with relevance also to students in law, environmental politics and sustainable development, as well as those working in government policy and political practice.

Dr John Stanton is Lecturer in Law, The City Law School, City University London, United Kingdom.

1. Introduction 2. Sustainable Development in the UK 3. Local democracy and decision-making: accountability and participation 4. Local Government Democracy and Sustainability 5. The New Deal and the Big Society: Democracy, decision-making and sustainability 6. Democracy in sustainability: The wider world and lessons for the future

Reihe/Serie Routledge Studies in Sustainability
Zusatzinfo 1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 510 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Allgemeines Verwaltungsrecht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10 0-415-72483-X / 041572483X
ISBN-13 978-0-415-72483-8 / 9780415724838
Zustand Neuware
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