Local Agenda 21 in Europe. The second phase of ecological modernisation in local government (English version)

Marko Joas, Bob Evans and Kate Theobald
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Marko Joas: Abo Akademi University
Bob Evans: Northumbria University
Kate Theobald: Northumbria University

EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 2007, vol. 64, issue 01, 92-105

Abstract: Ecological modernisation as a theoretical construction has mainly dealt with changes on a national level and in connection with industrial and economic development. However, the role of local government has also increasingly become one feature of interest within the modernisation process. Local level governance plays a crucial role especially concerning the second phase of modernisation — that of involving inhabitants, stakeholder groups and smaller production units towards a common goal of sustainable development. Many of these activities in Europe are conducted under the organisational headline of Local Agenda 21. European local governments have been in the forefront of taking up the new challenge. In this paper we will show how local governments in different parts of Europe have responded to this task. The empirical material will be based on our large dataset collected within DISCUS research project.

Keywords: ecological modernisation; environmental governance; local agenda 21; local/government authorities; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 H70 H83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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