The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals: Legitimacy, Responsibility, and Accountability

ISBN-13: 9780367489489 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 174 str.

Magdalena Bexell; Kristina J?nsson

Opis

This book contributes new knowledge on political processes at the nexus of global and national levels, focusing on three countries at different levels of socio-economic development and democratisation, namely Ghana, Tanzania, and Sweden. These countries illustrate a variety of challenges related to the realisation of the SDGs.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: The 2030 Agenda and the study of sustainable development politics  Chapter 2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: The politics of legitimacy, responsibility, and accountability at the global-national nexus  Chapter 3 LEGITIMACY: A process perspective  Chapter 4 RESPONSIBILITY: From promise to action  Chapter 5 ACCOUNTABILITY: Vertical and horizontal relations  Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS: Interlinkages, continuity, and change in sustainable development politics