Is subsidiarity a conditio sine qua non for sustainability?

Benjamen F Gussen

Policy Studies, 2015, vol. 36, issue 4, 384-398

Abstract: This paper argues that subsidiarity is a condicio sine qua non for sustainability. Through the complexity paradigm, the paper provides a historical reconstruction of both concepts to the end of elucidating their interdependence. The main thesis is that subsidiarity to sustainability is what self-organisation is to emergence. The paper ends with a sketch of future global governance structures based on a subsidiarity where cities take the lead on sustainability.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2015.1073244

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