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Title

Sustainable development and good governance / edited by Konrad Ginther, Erik Denters, and Paul J.I.M. de Waart.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : M. Nijhoff ; Norwell, MA, U.S.A. : Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1995.

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Additional Authors

• Denters, Erik
• Ginther, Konrad
• Waart, P. J. I. M. de, 1932-

Description

xxi, 483 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Human Rights
• Human rights
• Political participation
• Sustainable development
• Sustainable development > Law and legislation
• UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Genre/Form

Kongress.

Note

• Based on papers that were presented and discussed at a conference of the ILA Committee on Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development, convened in Graz, Austria in March 1994.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Sustainable development as a matter of good governance: an introductory view / Konrad Ginther and Paul J.I.M. de Waart -- 1. Evolving principles of sustainable development and good governance / Kamal Hossain -- 2. Sustainable development: some critical thoughts in the light of the Rio Conference / Peter Malanczuk -- 3. The road to sustainable development: evolution of the concept of development in the UN / Yoshiro Matsui -- 4. Reflections on the term 'sustainable development' and its institutional implications / M.C.W. Pinto -- 5. The dynamics of sovereignty in a changing world / Nico Schrijver -- 6. How to manage sustainable development? / Winfried Lang -- 7. Governance and sustainable development in Africa / H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo -- 8. Implementation of international sustainability imperatives at a national level / Ben Boer -- 9. Good governance through popular participation in sustainable development / Amado S. Tolentino -- 10. Sustainable development and good governance: development and evolution of constitutional orders / Konrad Ginther -- 11. Constitutional orders and sustainable development: the Southern African experience and prospects / Peter Slinn -- 12. Procedural aspects of international law in the field of sustainable development: citizens' rights / Philipe Sands and Jacob Werksman -- 13. The right of participation in development projects / Celia R. Taylor --
• 14. Popular participation: a precondition for sustainable development planning. The experiences in Uganda / Robert A. Wabunoha -- 15. The right to self-determination from a sustainable development perspective / Paul J.I.M. de Waart -- 16. European Community development cooperation, human rights, democracy and good governance: at odds or at ease with each other? / Karin C.J.M. Arts -- 17. Implications of the principle of sustainable development, human rights and good governance for the GATT/WTO / Wolfgang Benedek -- 18. Conditionality, human rights and good governance: a dialogue of unequal partners / Pearson Nherere -- 19. Good governance and development cooperation: towards a global approach / Erik M.G. Denters -- 20. Common but differentiated State responsibility in international environmental law: from Stockholm (1972) to Rio (1992) / Subrata Roy Chowdhury -- 21. Good governance, accountability, and official development cooperation: analyzing OECD-demands at the example of the IBRD / Kunibert Raffer -- 22. Setting off distributory shortcomings / Karl M. Meessen -- 23. Sustainable development and good governance: the transition to a steady-state economy / Paul Peters -- 24. The GATT 1994: environmental sustainability of trade or environmental protection sustainable by trade? / Friedl Weiss -- 25. Combatting corruption: a measure for shaping decision making in order to achieve sustainable development / Elizabeth Ibanda-Nahamya --
• 26. Sustainable development, human rights and good governance - a case study of India's Narmada Dam / Rahmatullah Khan -- 27. Sustainable development as a matter of good governance - the case of the Amazon forest in Brazil / Susana Vieira.

ISBN

0792333411 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^94046498^//r95

OCLC

31738435

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library