Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development : Governance, Environment,
and Growth with Equity/James H. Weaver, Michael T. Rock and Kenneth Kusterer. Reprint.
New Delhi, Rawat, 2003, viii, 292 p., ills., ISBN 81-7033-807-7.
Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development : Governance, Environment,
and Growth with Equity/James H. Weaver, Michael T. Rock and Kenneth Kusterer. Reprint.
New Delhi, Rawat, 2003, viii, 292 p., ills., ISBN 81-7033-807-7.
Contents: Introduction. I. Approaching broad-based sustainable development: 1. The concept of broad-based sustainable development. 2. Forty years of economic development: 1950-90. 3. Development strategies. II. Macro policies for broad-based sustainable development: 4. The role of governance. 5. Economic policies. 6. Transitional socialist economies: Russia and China. III. Sectoral policies for broad-based sustainable development: 7. The role of agriculture and rural development. 8. The role of urban, industrial, and trade policies. 9. Policies in education. 10. Health policies. 11. Population policies. IV. Human freedom and broad-based sustainable development: 12. The role of women. 13. The role of civil society. 14. Freedom to develop: human rights and democratic participation. V. Environmental sustainability: 15. Optimistic and pessimistic assessments of environmental sustainability. 16. Environmental policies to achieve broad-based sustainable development. VI. Reforming the international order: 17. International economic orders and broad-based sustainable development. Index.
"Despite the challenges, broad-based sustainable development is achievable. Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development (BBSD) presents a wholistic approach to development which extends beyond the narrow goal of economic growth. The authors provide a thoroughly accessible model to integrate economic development, environmental requirements, and the full range of factors affecting their success--social, cultural, and political.
"Throughout the book, the authors define what governments can and must do if they want to promote BBSD. This comprehensive and multidisciplinary work provides an excellent and positive introduction to what is possible for students studying economics, political science, anthropology and sociology, environment, international relations, gender and third world studies." (jacket)