Sustainability, local democracy and the future:   the swedish model / 
ed by Uno Sbedin  
 - Dordrecht:  Kluwer Academic Pub,  2002. 
 - ix,231p. 
<br/><br/>Preface. 1. Sustainability Issues at a Local Level Interplaying with the Global World - Political and Identity Topics. --<br/>2. Critical Notes on Sustainability and Democracy. --<br/>3. Sustainability as a Centrally-Induced Swedish Local Discourse. --<br/>4. An Introduction to OEstergoetland, the Case Region. Perceptions of Environmental Issues in Linkoeping and Atvidaberg. --<br/>5. Four Pillars Forming the Identity of Linkoeping. --<br/>6. Linkoeping and Local Agenda 21: Sustainability, Technocracy or Democracy? --<br/>7. Atvidaberg and Identity Shifts: Breaking Up is Hard. --<br/>8. Local Democracy Facing Global Challenge: Analysis and Conclusions. Contributors List. Index. 
<br/><br/> Deals with the challenges posed by the transformation of society towards much-needed sustainability. This book deals with the local features of this change, but seen in a global context. It examines two cases - the municipalities of Linkoping and A...tvidaberg - both Swedish, to expose alternative types of choices for local communities involved 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781402009051 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sustainable development-Sweden. 2 Environmental policy-S
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.948507  / SUS