Umfang:
1 online resource (143 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780367142100
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9780429633164
Serie:
Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability Series
Inhalt:
This book explores how implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be developed, especially in developing countries
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Overview -- 1 Global goals in search of strategies -- A global agreement -- Eradication of poverty in reach -- Environmental urgency -- Ambitious and flexible goals -- To achieve sustainable development -- A political compromise -- Contested issues -- Through 17 goals -- Economic issues -- Social issues -- Environmental issues -- Cross-cutting issues -- Without an explicit strategy -- Weak on strategies for implementation -- How flexible are the goals? -- Weak on compliance -- And in an unclear relation to other global policies -- But still an example of the art of the possible -- References -- 2 A research gap on strategies and implementation -- Focus on the implementation of the SDGs -- Forward-looking -- Connecting policy to research -- Africa and developing countries -- Are the goals intended to be taken seriously? -- Problems with the existing literature -- Sustainable development -- Theoretical perspectives -- Empirical perspectives -- Poverty reduction -- References -- 3 Refocus from the goals to learning over time -- Policy by goals -- The role of goals -- New Public Management -- Another interpretation: a learning policy -- Rationalism vs realism -- A learning subject -- The importance of a programme theory, a strategy -- Hidden assumptions -- A theory of change for sustainable development -- Methods and material -- References -- 4 An inherent strategy in the goals -- The economic dimension -- Goal 1: no poverty -- Goal 8: decent work and economic growth -- Goal 9: industry, innovation and infrastructure -- Goal 10: reduced inequalities -- Summary -- The social dimension -- Goal 2: zero hunger -- Goal 3: good health and well-being -- Goal 4: quality education -- Goal 5: gender equality
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Goal 6: clean water and sanitation -- Goal 7: affordable and clean energy -- Goal 11: sustainable cities and communities -- Summary -- The environmental dimension -- Goal 12: responsible production and consumption -- Goal 13: climate action -- Goal 14: life below water -- Goal 15: life on land -- Summary -- Cross-cutting issues -- Goal 16: peace, justice and strong institutions -- Goal 17: partnerships for the goals -- Summary -- How can we understand the goals as a strategy? -- The general strategy -- The environmental goals -- The social goals -- The economic goals -- The governance goals -- References -- 5 Alternative strategies for sustainable development -- How can we think about drivers and barriers for sustainable development? -- Four questions -- Three stylized perspectives -- Political debates -- Drivers for economic development -- Modernization theory vs dependency theory -- Developmental states and global value chains -- Drivers for social development -- Normative issues -- Three perspectives -- Drivers for environmental development/protection -- Two relationships -- Three perspectives -- Drivers for the development of governance/state capacity -- Failed states -- Summary and implications for developing countries -- References -- 6 The governance challenge -- Good governance as the key to successful implementationof the SDGs -- Good governance -- Disagreements -- Critical perspectives -- Developmental neopatrimonialism -- Questions -- The evidence -- Differing methods -- Two rival theories -- Are the strategies feasible? -- Problems with good governance -- A value conflict -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 National strategies of implementation -- What is new with the SDGs? -- The context of the SDGs -- The Voluntary National Reviews -- National strategies: different approaches, same destiny -- Stakeholder engagement
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Integrated governance -- Legitimate, innovative and flexible governance -- National development plans -- Managing the tensions -- Citizen engagement with the goals -- References -- 8 Conclusions of the study -- Summary -- Conclusions -- The future -- References -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Niklasson, Lars Improving the Sustainable Development Goals Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2019 ISBN 9780367142100
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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