Local policy for the global environment

In search of a new perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID5033228
AuthorsL Sharp (0000-0002-1611-9239, University of Bradford, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume8
Issue4
Pages137-159
Publication date1999-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644019908414497
OpenAlexW2022843460
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited22

British local government is placing a new emphasis on local action for the global environment. In the literature addressing these developments limited attention has been paid to the contested nature of sustainability, or to the local context in which initiatives arise. A cultural politics approach provides a means through which these shortcomings can be overcome (Hajer, 1996). Its discourse basis enables a local authority to be seen as a forum in which technocentric and ecocentric interpretations of sustainability compete with each other, as well as contesting established `non-sustainable¿ approaches. The Foucauldian view of power which underlies cultural politics requires that these contests are viewed in the context of an authority¿s history and traditions. As such, a cultural politics approach could form the basis of a new broader agenda for Local Agenda 21 research

Environmental ethics · Local government · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainability · Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives · Law · Public Administration · Rural development and sustainability · Urban Planning and Governance · Ecology

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