From Here to Sustainability: Politics in the Real World

ISBN-13: 9781138164468 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str.

Ian Christie; Diane Warburton

Opis

For a large proportion of the electorate, national politics misses the real issues. As a result, membership of campaigning organizations has soared whilst party numbers have declined. This work distils the principles and priorities of many of the leading voluntary groups into a strong and coherent programme of political aims and actions. The problem can be measured as a sustainability gap - between official policies and achievements and actual democratic participation, environmental restoration and the eradication of poverty. With examples and short case studies, the book translates the gap into practical and realistic recommendations for progress.

Spis treści

Introduction: Millennial Hopes and Fears * Richer Futures: The Politics of Sustainable Development * Sustaining the Environment: from Crises to Opportunity * Poverty Amid Plenty: Reducing Poverty and Inequalities * A New Economic Order? Making Globalization Fair and Sustainable * Good Governance: Strengthening Democracy and Civil Society * From Conflicts to Security: Wars, Refugees, Disasters and Sustainable Development * Making It Happen: Closing the Sustainability Gaps * References * Real World Member Organizations * Index

O autorze

Ian Christie, Diane Warburton