Format:
Online-Ressource (IX, 231 p)
,
online resource
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Earth and Environmental Science
ISBN:
9789401004961
Content:
This book deals with the challenges posed by the transformation of society towards much-needed sustainability. Especially, it deals with the local features of this change, but seen in a global context. The two cases examined - the municipalities of Linköping and Åtvidaberg - are Swedish, but the problems of how to relate locally to a globalized world are common today. The cases have been deliberately chosen to expose alternative types of choices for the local communities involved. Large Linköping is, historically, a nodal city of importance in the national grid of regional centres, one that relates to the nation state and represents officialdom. Small Åtvidaberg developed in the context of its forest region setting and metallurgy, and today operates directly to wider markets, while still emphasising its very local identity. The fact that these municipalities border each other provides a similar regional context, and differences between them may then not be entirely confused by a debate on drastically different geographical settings
Note:
1. Sustainability Issues at a Local Level Interplaying with the Global World - Political and Identity Topics1. Sustainability Issues in an International Context -- 2. Summary -- 2. Critical Notes on Sustainability and Democracy -- 1. Democracy as a Problem -- 2. Sustainable Development as a Democratic Problem -- 3. Sustainable Development and Democratic Vitalization as Political Strategy -- 3. Sustainability as a Centrally-Induced Swedish Local Discourse -- 1. Swedish Follow-up of Our Common Future -- 2. Preparations for UNCED in 1992 -- 3. Agenda 21 at the Central Level in Sweden -- 4. The LA21 Work - Meeting the Signals from the Central Level -- 5. Discussion -- 4. An Introduction to Östergötland, the Case Region -- 1. Province and County -- 2. County Administrative Board -- 3. County Council -- 4. Municipal Council -- 5. The History of Östergötland - A Brief Overview -- Perceptions of Environmental Issues in Linköping and Åtvidaberg -- 5. Four Pillars Forming the Identity of Linkoping -- 1. “It’s a Quiet Town..” -- 2. Ecclesiastical Centre: The Church - Working with the State and Against It -- 3. Centre of Regional Administration: State Politics, Power Struggles and the Long Arm of the State -- 4. Centre of Teaching and Learning: From Clerical Skills to World-class High-tech -- 5. Military Centre: Military Dominance - A Thing of the Past -- 6. Working in Linköping -- 7. Present and Future Linköping: Physical and Virtual Communications -- 8. The Art of Selling Linköping -- 9. From Rivalry to Co-operation -- 6. Linköping and Local Agenda 21: Sustainability, Technocracy or Democracy? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Political Communication -- 3. Risk Communication -- 4. The Role of Science and the Technological Approach -- 5. Linköping and Local Agenda 21 -- 6. The Media -- 7. The Media and LA21 in Linköping -- 8. The Public -- 9. Public Reactions to the Media -- 10. Discussion -- 7. Åtvidaberg and Identity Shifts: Breaking Up is Hard -- 1. Identity and Mobilization in Three Stages -- 2. The Big Industry Era: A History of Creativity and Drama -- 3. Political Centralization and Counter-moves -- 4. Local Focus: Encapsulation or an Add-on Identity Feature -- 5. Conclusions: The Place of a Garden City in a Global Village -- 8. Local Democracy Facing Global Challenge: Analysis and Conclusions -- 1. The Three Issues -- 2. Cross-over Themes -- 3. Future Potential Directions -- Contributors List.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789401039437
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781402009051
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789401004978
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789401039437
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-010-0496-1
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