Sustainable Development and Subnational Governments: Policy-Making and Multi-Level Interactions

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction....Pages 1-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
The Social and Political Construction of Sustainable Development in Quebec: A Critical Analysis of the Quebec Sustainable Development Policy....Pages 27-48
Inclusive Governance or Incrementalism? The Choice of a Sustainable Development Governance Model for Flanders....Pages 49-66
Sustainable Development Policies in the Basque Country....Pages 67-84
Sustainable Development in Wallonia: Trial and Error along Two Tracks of Governance....Pages 85-102
Governance for Sustainable Development in the German Bundesländer ....Pages 103-119
Dutch Provincial Sustainable Development Policies: Ambitions and Differences....Pages 120-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Spanish Subnational Involvement in Multi-Level Sustainable Development Issues....Pages 141-159
A ‘Responsibility’ to Act Globally: Investigating the Welsh Assembly Government’s Engagement in nrg4SD....Pages 160-179
Routes to Global Decision-Making: Flanders in the UN and OECD Discussions on Sustainable Development....Pages 180-197
Subnational Involvement in EU Policy-Making: The Case of Scottish Flood Risk Management....Pages 198-216
Green Paradiplomacy in North America: Successes and Limits of the NEG-ECP....Pages 217-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
The State of Sustainable Development: Perspectives from the Subnational Level....Pages 239-262
Back Matter....Pages 263-269