A transatlantic approach to sustainability? The perspective of sociology

Stephen Kalberg ()
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Stephen Kalberg: Boston University

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2012, vol. 32, issue 3, 296-299

Abstract: Abstract Differing views of the state and varying ideological postures in the United States and Europe place “invisible and clandestine” obstacles against the smooth functioning of transatlantic treaties, agreements, and cooperation in general. These differing views and postures must be rendered visible and acknowledged if efforts to perpetuate a cross-Atlantic dialog are to be viable and stable. Neither the advantages of sharing technology nor common economic and political interests will alone adequately ground cooperation. Sociologists in particular are aware of the ways in which indigenous values and beliefs frequently endure, despite the homogenizing structural change that accompanies industrialization, urbanization, and globalization, and cause misperceptions and misunderstandings.

Keywords: Transatlantic dialog; Ideology; Small state; Sustainability; Misperceptions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s10669-011-9357-2

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