Wells, Peter Erskine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-7178 2007. The Green Junta: or, is democracy sustainable? International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 6 (2) , pp. 208-220. 10.1504/IJESD.2007.014204 |
Abstract
Attempts to achieve significant lasting change at local, national and international levels have foundered on the inability to gain agreement. Consensus between multiple stakeholders, while acceptable at a political level, increasingly seems inadequate to the task of creating sustainable societies. This paper starts with a review of the reasons why drastic, rapid and dramatic change is needed. All the main indicators in terms of global warming, North-South imbalance, oil reserves, water resources, biodiversity, deforestation, population growth and rural-urban shift, globalisation, over-consumption and the distribution of wealth suggest a situation almost in free-fall. The second section then outlines the failure of global governance. The final, speculative, section considers the appeal that may arise from a 'strong government for a crowded planet' right-wing agenda.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) Business (Including Economics) |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | sustainable democracy; liberal capitalism; totalitarianism; militarism; resource competition; global governance; strong government; change; consensus; sustainable society; sustainable development; sustainability |
Publisher: | Inderscience |
ISSN: | 1743-7601 |
Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 10:19 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/39805 |
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