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" From here to sustainability : "
written and edited by Ian Christie and Diane Warburton.
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BL
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1025061
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b779431
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| Main Entry
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Christie, Ian,1956-
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From here to sustainability : : politics in the real world /\ written and edited by Ian Christie and Diane Warburton.
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London :: Earthscan,, 2001.
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xvi, 223 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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1853837350
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: 9781853837357
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| Notes
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"By The Real World Coalition."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-207) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: millennial hopes and fears -- Richer futures: the politics of sustainable development -- Sustaining the environment: from crisis 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.
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"For more and more people, politics is increasingly divorced from the problems it should be addressing and solving. The evidence is all around us, in food safety and other health scares, traffic congestion and decaying infrastructure, rural decline and urban squalor, natural disasters, loss of species and habitats and the threat of climate change to the very systems that support life itself. The list goes on and on, despite or even because of increased affluence and consumption, there are growing inequalities within and between societies, and more stress and greater insecurity at work, at home and in the university." "This book explains clearly the 'joined-up' approach that must be taken if government commitment to sustainable development is to become a reality. It shows just how large the 'sustainability gap' is between rhetoric and action, and what has to be done to begin to close it. It identifies a series of interlocking problems we face, and proposes a radical agenda of reform in national and international politics and economic policy. The concerted attention and action it advocates, from politicians and the electors they answer to, offers a coherent strategy for reversing the current trends and regaining quality of life and a shared sense of purpose to our life and societies."--Jacket.
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development.
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338.9/27
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333.7
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HC79.E5C493 2001
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Warburton, Diane.
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Real World Coalition.
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