Democratic Sustainability in a New Era of Localism - Stanton, John (Taylor and Francis, 2014)
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of cases and legislation; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Sustainable development in the UK; Sustainability defined; Sustainable development in the UK; Local sustainability in the UK; A model of local sustainability; Concluding remarks; 3 Local democracy and decision-making: accountability and participation; Introduction to local democracy; Accountability explored; Accountability, representation and citizen participation; Accountability and sustainability; Citizen participation and sustainability
How much participation?Concluding remarks; 4 Local government democracy and sustainability; Introduction; Modern local government and its development; Accountability and citizen participation in local government; The model of local sustainability and local governmental reform; Concluding remarks; 5 The New Deal and the Big Society: democracy, decision-making and sustainability; Introduction; Sustainability in local communities under Labour: the New Deal for Communities; Accountability and citizen participation in the NDC; Accountability, citizen participation and sustainability in the NDC.
Sustainability in local communities: the Coalition and the Big SocietyCitizen participation, accountability and sustainability under the Coalition government and the Big Society; Concluding remarks; 6 Democracy in sustainability: the wider world and lessons for the future; Introduction; Summary of conclusions; Lessons for the future; Local sustainability in the wider world: the Local Sustainability 2012 report and 'Rio + 20'; Concluding remarks; Index
Change and development are going on all around us. On both an international platform, as well as at the local governmental and community level, governments, decision and policy makers constantly strive to improve the world in which we live, seeking to make it better and to improve quality of life. This book focuses on such development in the context of localism in the UK. It strips the principle of local sustainability down to its constituent parts and considers the extent to which it can be said to be central to local life
Keywords: LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Environmental law; Local government / Law and legislation; Sustainable development / Law and legislation; Nachhaltigkeit; Recht; Environmental law -- Great Britain; Local government -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain; Sustainable development -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain; Großbritannien