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Governance for a Sustainable Future The State of the Art in Japan

Although the expression “responsibility to future generations” is firmly established in public and political vocabulary, its operational meaning and practice are inadequately understood and yet to be systematically evaluated. Moreover, the term has not been successfully translated into viable ethica...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Adachi, Yukio (Editor), Usami, Makoto (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Subjects:
Public Policy
Political Planning
Environmental Economics
Governance And Government
Political Philosophy
Political Science / Philosophy
Energy Policy
Health Policy
Medical Policy
Political Science
Energy Policy, Economics And Management
Energy And State
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Part I Principles for Sustainability
  • Chapter 2 Role of Legislators in Creating and Sustaining Governance for a Sustainable Future
  • Chapter 3 Another Boundary Problem: Democracy, Future Generations, and the All-affected Principle
  • Chapter 4 Another Reason for Caring about Future Generations
  • Chapter 5 Responding to Existential Risks: Grounds, Targets, and Strategies
  • Chapter 6 Trade-off between Repugnant and Sadistic Conclusions under the Separability of People’s Lives
  • Chapter 7 Dealing with “Wickedness” in Long-term Problem-solving
  • Chapter 8 Governing Long-term Structural Changes in Socio-technological Systems and Their Difficulties: What do Sustainability Transition Studies Have to Address?
  • Chapter 9 The Politics of Eco-nomics: A Critical Investigation of ‘the Governance for a Sustainable Future’ from the Perspective of Heterodox Economics
  • Part II Strategies for Futurity
  • Chapter 10 Tokyo’s Linked CO2 Cap-and-Trade Program: A Blueprint for Cooperative Market-based Megacity Climate Policy?
  • Chapter 11 Multidimensional Policy Analysis of the Energy System Transition in Japan: Case Studies of Local Energy Systems and Lessons to Improve Sustainability
  • Chapter 12 Climate Change Adaptation for Futurity: Public-Private Partnerships in the Japanese Insurance Sector
  • Chapter 13 Keeping Your Fossil-fuel Cake While Eating It? Comparing the Decarbonization Approach of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell
  • Chapter 14 Decarbonization and Critical Raw Materials
  • Chapter 15 The Politics of Evidence in Japan: Struggling between Efficiency and Effectiveness and Beyond
  • Chapter 16 Governance under Uncertainties for the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Lessons Learned in Japan from Resilience Perspectives
  • Chapter 17 The Challenges for Health Systems and Policies: Growing Medicalization and Global Risks

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