Sustainable development - how to bridge the knowledge-action gap?
Subtitle: exploring the added value of social and cultural perspectives
By: Michael Meimeth, John D. Robertson (eds.).
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Denkart Europa. Schriften zur europaischen politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur -- 18; Denkart Europa -- 18.
Publisher: Nomos
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baden-Baden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9783832972998
Subjects: Congresses; Government policy; Sustainable development
Notes: "The papers in this volume grow from the 2009 Transatlantic Fall Symposium held at Texas A&M University October 14-16, 2009"--p. 4.

Academy publication.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Michael Meimeth; title: Sustainability and self-referentiality in social and cultural systems / Eric W. Rothenbuhler; title: Bridging the gap between the short run and the long run in sustainable development strategies / Laurent Baechler; title: Towards a sustainable energy policy in Europe? On the discursive (dys)functions of sustainability / Kristina Kurze; title: Sustainable Development as Part of Security Policy in the US and in Europe : Towards a Greener Military? / Rene Eggenberger and Peter Schmidt; title: Planning for recovery: European reconstruction and the pre-history of sustainable development, 1945-60 / Adam R. Seipp; title: The American Dilemma over Global Warming : the feud within / Paul Christensen; title: Changing current course : the psychology of adopting or rejecting sustainable solutions Theory and research on pro-sustainability attitude and behaviour / Gyongyver Gyene; title: Sustainable Development and power sharing in times of financial and economic crisis : some preliminary reflections and a summary of findings / Hartmut Marhold.