1st Edition
From Here to Sustainability Politics in the Real World
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 -... Read more
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
Biography
Ian Christie, Diane Warburton
'An excellent analysis of the challenges facing all of us in the 21st century.' Robert Napier, Chief Executive, WWF-UK This book has a breadth of approach because it has inputs from many different NGOs and charities forming the Real World coalition.' Green Anarchist
