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Implementing Sustainable Development$
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William M. Lafferty and James Meadowcroft

Print publication date: 2000

Print ISBN-13: 9780199242016

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003

DOI: 10.1093/0199242011.001.0001

The United States: ‘Sorry—Not Our Problem’

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(p. 273 ) 10 The United States: ‘Sorry—Not Our Problem’
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Implementing Sustainable Development
Author(s):

Gary C. Bryner

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0199242011.003.0010

Analyses the reception given by the government of the US to the idea of sustainable development. It argues that the US has basically remained aloof from the sustainable development agenda. While there was some attempt to engage with sustainable development by the Clinton presidency, the concept has not been taken up actively by US political and administrative institutions at the federal level. In the main, sustainable development continues to be seen as a problem for developing countries.

Keywords:   Bill Clinton, developing countries, environmental policy, federal institutions, governance, implementation, sustainable development, US

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