Sustainable Development and Subnational Governments

1. Introduction

1. Introduction
Karoline Brande, Hans Bruyninckx, Sander Happaerts

Part I. Subnational Sustainable Development Policies

2. The Social and Political Construction of Sustainable Development in Quebec: A Critical Analysis of the Quebec Sustainable Development Policy
René Audet, Corinne Gendron

3. Inclusive Governance or Incrementalism? The Choice of a Sustainable Development Governance Model for Flanders
Kris Bachus, Sophie Spillemaeckers

4. Sustainable Development Policies in the Basque Country
Alberto Peña Varona, Iñaki Barcena Hinojal

5. Sustainable Development in Wallonia: Trial and Error along Two Tracks of Governance
Sander Happaerts

6. Governance for Sustainable Development in the German Bundesländer

Kirsten Jörgensen

7. Dutch Provincial Sustainable Development Policies: Ambitions and Differences
Frans H. J. M. Coenen

Part II. Multi-Level Interactions in a Sustainable Development Context

8. Spanish Subnational Involvement in Multi-Level Sustainable Development Issues
Kenneth Hanf, Francesc Morata

9. A ‘Responsibility’ to Act Globally: Investigating the Welsh Assembly Government’s Engagement in nrg4SD
Elin Royles

10. Routes to Global Decision-Making: Flanders in the UN and OECD Discussions on Sustainable Development
Karoline Brande

11. Subnational Involvement in EU Policy-Making: The Case of Scottish Flood Risk Management
Anna-Lena Högenauer

12. Green Paradiplomacy in North America: Successes and Limits of the NEG-ECP
Annie Chaloux, Stéphane Paquin

Part III. Conclusion

13. The State of Sustainable Development: Perspectives from the Subnational Level
Sander Happaerts, Hans Bruyninckx, Karoline Brande

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, Political Science, Development Studies, Development Policy, Development Theory, Sustainable Development, Environment, general