Required reading
Major texts for lectures and term paper
Eckersley, Robyn (2004): The Green State: Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty, The MIT Press. Chs. 1, 4, 5, 6, Conclusion. 106 pages.
Lafferty, W.M. (ed) (2004, forthcoming): Governance for Sustainable Development: The Challenge of Adapting Form to Function, Edward Elgar Publishers. Chs. 1, 7, 11. 100 pages..
Lafferty, W. M. and Langhelle, O: Towards Sustainable Development, 1999. On the Goals of Development – and the Conditions of Sustainability Macmillan Press, Chs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12 (121pp).
Lafferty, W.M. and Meadowcroft, J. (eds) (1996): Democracy and the Environment: Problems and Prospects, Edward Elgar Publishers. Chs. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 14. (91 pages).
Lafferty, W. M. and Meadowcroft, J (2000): Implementing Sustainable Development: Strategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies, Oxford University Press, Chapters 1, 12 and 13. (144pp).
Lenschow, A. (2002): Environmental Policy Integration: Greening Sectoral Policies in Europe, Earthscan Publications. Chs. 1, 9, 11. (50 pages).
OECD (2001): Sustainable Development: Critical Issues, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Chs. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12. (144 pages).
RMNO (2003): Environmental Governance in Europe, The Advisory Council for Research on Spatial Planning, Nature and the Environment (RMNO), Lemma Publishers. Part I, Chs. 1, 2 and Part II, Chs. 1, 2, 3, 4. (60 pages).
WCED (1987): Our Common Future, Oxford University Press. ‘Foreword’, ‘From one Earth to one World’, Chs. 1, 2. (72 pages).
Individual readings
Ariansen, P. (1999): ‘Sustainability, morality and future generations’, In Lafferty and Langhelle (1999), Ch. 5. (13 pages)..
Dobson, A. (1996a): ‘Environmental sustainabilities: An analysis and a typology.’ , In Environmental Politics, Vol. 5. pp. 401-428. 27 pages.
Dobson, A. (1996b): ‘Representative democracy and the environment’, In Lafferty and Meadowcroft (1996). Ch. 7. (15 pages).
Dryzek, J.S. (1996): ‘Strategies of ecological democratization’, In Lafferty and Meadowcroft (1996). Ch. 6. (16 pages).
Hovden, E. and Torjussen, S. (2002): ‘Environmental policy integration in Norway’, In Lafferty, Nordskag and Aakre (2002), Realizing Rio in Norway: Evaluative Studies of Sustainable Development. Ch. 3. (21 pages).
H?land, W. (1999): ‘On needs – A central concept in the Brundtland Report’, In Lafferty and Langhelle (1999), (22 pages).
Lafferty, W. M. (1996): ‘The politics of sustainable development.: Global norms for national implementation’, Environmental Politics, Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 185-208. (23 pages).
Lafferty, W.M. (2000): ‘Democratic parameters for regional sustainable development: The need for a new demos with a new rationality’, ProSus Working Paper 1/2000. ProSus. (35 pages).
Lafferty, W.M. (2002): ‘ Varieties of Democratic Experience: Normative Criteria for Cross-national Assessments of Citizenship’, In D. Fuchs, E. Roller and Bernhard Wessels (eds), Bürger und Demokratie in Ost und West, Westdeutscher Verlag. pp. 50-72. (22 pages).
OECD (2002a): Indicators to Measure Decoupling of Environmental Pressure from Economic Growth, pp. 9-24. 15 pages.
Paehlke, R. (1996): ‘Environmental challenges to democratic practice’, In Lafferty and Meadowcroft (1996). Ch. 2. (21 pages).
Richardson, D: The politics of sustainable development’, 1997. In The politics of sustainable development. Theory, policy and practice within the European Union (S. Baker, M. Kousis, D. Richardson and S. Young eds). Routledge, pp. 43-60. (17 pp).
Stenseth, N.C. (1999): ‘The limits of nature’, In Lafferty and Langhelle (1999): (14 pages).
Taylor, B.P. (1996): ‘Democracy and environmental ethics’, In Lafferty and Meadowcroft (1996), Ch. 5. (22 pages).
Wetlesen, J: A Global Ethic of Sustainability?, 1999. In Towards Sustainable Development: On the Goals of Development – and the Conditions of Sustainability (W. M. Lafferty and O. Langhelle eds.). Macmillan Press Ltd. (17pp).
Elective reading
Each student is to choose (with approval by course director) approximately 100 pages of relevant literature for the term paper. The selections should reflect the major themes of the course, and preferably be chosen from either the non-required chapters of the ‘major texts’, or the recommended readings. 100 pages.
Total: (1150 pp)
Recommended reading:
Andersen, M.S. and Liefferink, D.: European Environmental Policy: The Pioneers, 1997. Manchester University Press.
Baker, S.; Kousis, M., Richardson, D. and Young, S.: The politics of sustainable development. Theory, policy and practice within the European Union, 1997. Routledge.
Bemelmans-Videc, M.-L.; Rist, R.C. and Vedung, E.: Carrots, Sticks and Sermons: Policy Instruments and Their Evaluation, 1998. Transaction Publishers.
Christiansen, P.M.: Governing the Environment: Politics, Policy, and Organization in the Nordic Countries, 1996. Nord.
Cohen, C.: Democracy, 1973/1984. University of Georgia Press.
Dalal-Clayton, B.: Getting to Grips With Green Plans. National-Level Experience in Industrial Countries, 1996. London: Earthscan.
DeSimone, L.D. and Popoff, F.: Eco-efficiency: The Business Link to Sustainable Development, 2000. The MIT Press.
Dryzek, J.: The Politics of the Earth, 1997. Oxford University Press.
Gleeson, B. and Low, N.: Governing for the Environment: Global Problems, Ethics and Democracy, 2001. Palgrave.
Grubb, M. Koch, M. Munson, A. Sullivan, F. and Thomson, K.: The Earth Summit Agreements. A Guide and Assessment, 1993. London: Earthscan Pub.
Hanf, K. and Jansen, A-I.: Governance and Environment in Western Europe: Politics, Policy and Administration, 1998. Harlow: Longman.
Holden, B.: ‘Global warming and “intergenerational democracy”’, 2000. University of Reading Department of Politics, Occasional Paper No. 22.
Holden, B.: Democracy and Global Warming, 2002. Continuum.
IUCN/UNEP/WWF: Caring for the Earth. A Strategy for Sustainable Living, 1991. Gland, Switzerland.
IUCN/UNEP/WWF: World Conservation Strategy. Living Resource Conservation for Sustainable Development, 1980. Gland, Switzerland.
Jordan, A.; Wurzel, R.D.W. and Zito, A.R.: ‘New’ Instruments of Environmental Governance?, 2003. Frank Cass.
Kirkby, J., O’Keefe, P. and Timberlake, L. (eds.): The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Development, 1995. London: Earthscan.
Lafferty, W. M. (ed): Sustainable Communities in Europe: The Implementation of Agenda 21 at the Local Level of Governance, 2001. Earthscan Pub.
Lafferty, W.M.; Nordskag, M. and Aakre, H.A. (eds): Realizing Rio in Norway: Evaluative Studies of Sustainable Development, ProSus, 2002.
Lee, K.; Holland, A and McNeill, D. (eds): Global Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, 2000. Edinburgh University Press.
OECD: Sustainable Development Strategies: A Resource Book, 2002a. Earthscan Pub.
OECD: Governance for Sustainable Development: Five OECD Case Studies, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2002b.
O’Riordan, T. and J?ger, J (eds.): The Politics of Climate Change. A European Perspective, 1996. London: Routledge.
O’Riordan, T. and Voisey, H. (eds): The Transition to Sustainability: The Politics of Agenda 21 in Europe, 1998. London: Earthscan.
Panjabi, R.K.L.: The Earth Summit at Rio: Politics, Economics and the Environment, 1997. Northeastern University Press.
Paehlke, R.E.: Democracy’s Dilemma: Envrionment, Social Equity and the Global Economy, 2003. The MIT Press.
Redclift, M.: Sustainable Development. Exploring the contradictions, 1987. Routledge.
Reid, D.: Sustainable Development. An Introductory Guide, 1995. London: Earthscan Publications.
Skirbekk, G. (ed.): The Notion of Sustainability and its Normative Implications, 1995. Scandinavian University Press.
Stokke, O.(Ed.): Sustainable Development, 1991. London: Frank Cass.
Thomas, C.: Rio: Unravelling the Consequences, 1994. Frank Cass.
Vedung, E.: Public Policy and Program Evaluation, 1997. Transaction Books.
von Weizs?cker, E.; Lovins, A.B. and Lovins, L.H.: Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use, 1997. Earthscan Pubs.
Weale, A.; Pridham, G., Cini, M., Konstadakopulos, D., Porter, M. and Flynn, B.: Environmental Governance in Europe, 2000. Oxford University Press.
Weaver, J.H. and Rock, M.T.: Achieving Broad-based Sustainable Development: Governance, Environment, and Growth With Equity, 1996. Kumarian Press.