Sustainability, Local Democracy and the Future The Swedish Model [Hardcover]

Preface. 1. Sustainability Issues at a Local Level Interplaying with the Global World - Political and Identity Topics. 2. Critical Notes on Sustainability and Democracy. 3. Sustainability as a Centrally-Induced Swedish Local Discourse. 4. An Introduction to ?sterg?tland, the Case Region. Perceptions of Environmental Issues in Link?ping and ?tvidaberg. 5. Four Pillars Forming the Identity of Link?ping. 6. Link?ping and Local Agenda 21: Sustainability, Technocracy or Democracy? 7. ?tvidaberg and Identity Shifts: Breaking Up is Hard. 8. Local Democracy Facing Global Challenge: Analysis and Conclusions. Contributors List. Index.