1st Edition
Globalism, Localism and Identity New Perspectives on the Transition of Sustainability
By Tim O'Riordan
Copyright 2001
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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Global economic and social forces are affecting everyone, everywhere. However, their influence is shaped by local communities' interpretation of these forces and responses to them. Social identities provide a guide; they are the product of history, culture, economy, patterns of governance and degree of community cohesion. How the global and the local connect and reconfigure at various scales and... Read more
Preface * Acknowledgements * Part 1: Providing Perspective - Synthesis and Context * Globalization and Localization * Multilevel Governance for the Sustainability Transition * Social-local Identities * Methods of Inquiry * Part 2: The Case Studies - Decay and Revitalization in Two Swedish Communities * Opportunism Via Sustainability in Austria * Coming to Terms with Globalization in Portugal * Local Identity and Survival in Greece * Local Identity and Empowerment in the UK * Taking the Transition Forward
Biography
Tim O'Riordan is Associate Director of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment and Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. He is an adviser to business and environment initiatives and is a member of the UK Sustainable Development Commission. His publications include Exotaxation (Earthscan, 1997), Interpreting the Precautionary Principle (Earthscan, 1994), the Transition to Sustainability (Earthscan, 1998) and Environmental Science for Environmental Management (Prentice-Hall, 2000).
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