| Sustainability, Local Democracy and the Future: The Swedish Model 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Svedin, U. (Editor), Aniansson, Britt Hägerhäll (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402009054 ISBN-13: 9781402009051 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: This book deals with the challenges posed by the transformation of society towards much-needed sustainability. Especially, it deals with the local features of this change, but seen in a global context. The two cases examined - the municipalities of Link?ping and ?tvidaberg - are Swedish, but the problems of how to relate locally to a globalized world are common today. The cases have been deliberately chosen to expose alternative types of choices for the local communities involved. Large Link?ping is, historically, a nodal city of importance in the national grid of regional centres, one that relates to the nation state and represents officialdom. Small ?tvidaberg developed in the context of its forest region setting and metallurgy, and today operates directly to wider markets, while still emphasising its very local identity. The fact that these municipalities border each other provides a similar regional context, and differences between them may then not be entirely confused by a debate on drastically different geographical settings. Sustainability issues at a local level must be seen as related to those of the world at large. The focus is on democracy and identity topics. The two Swedish municipalities cannot, of course, provide a blueprint for what is happening to the future of the rest of the world, but they might, however, provide an increased insight into the issues that are at stake in the specific setting of a highly industrialised or even post-industrialised country, and how these issues may develop not only in that specific historical and cultural context. Through the analysis of sustainable development at the local level in Sweden, it is possible to provide a glimpse ofsome general tendencies of importance with regard to the local-global issues, indicating challenges that societies in the rich part of the world are facing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Social Science - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
| Dewey: 300 |
| LCCN: 2002033987 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.6" W x 9.64" (1.25 lbs) 231 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
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| Publisher Description: This book deals with the challenges posed by the transformation of society towards much-needed sustainability. Especially, it deals with the local condi- tionalities ofthis change, but seen in a global context. Indeed, its two cases are Swedish, but the problems ofhow to relate to a globalized world are common in the world oftoday. The two cases have been deliberately chosen to expose alternative types ofchoices for the local communities involved: one that relates to the nation state and one that may use short cuts and relate more directly to a broader context while still being very local. This research has been part of a broader EU project and constitutes the Swedish contribution. The other countries involved in the European project were Austria, Portugal, Greece and the United Kingdom. The overall project leader was ProfessorTim O'Riordan, University ofEast Anglia, Norwich, UK, to whom we convey our thanks.The Swedish part was led by the undersigned, together with Professors Anders Hjort af Ornas and Ulrik Lohm, Linkoping University, asmembers ofthe core group.The European EUproject was reported in 200I in the book Globalism, Localism andIdentity. New Perspectives on the Transition to Sustainability, edited by Tim O'Riordan (Earthscan, London). |
