Lennart J Lundqvist – författare

Hur kan vi bevara de naturresurser som tillhör oss alla samtidigt som vi slår vakt om demokratin och den individuella valfriheten?

I den här boken diskuterar Lennart J. Lundqvist fyra olika sätt att möta den kommande globala resursknappheten. Oavsett vilken modell vi väljer måste den bygga på medborgarnas delaktighet och statens förmåga att leda utvecklingen. Ju öppnare ett samhälle är för nya idéer och aktörer, desto lättare är det för olika intressen att delta i debatten och få gehör för sina synpunkter. Samtidigt måste samhället vara starkt nog att ta fram och samordna initiativ och idéer till klara handlingslinjer. Det måste finnas institutioner för en sådan samverkan som kan skapa legitimitet för de drastiska beslut och dramatiska omställningar som mänskligheten står inför.

Ansvaret för hur bördor och nyttor ska fördelas i en tid med nya former av knapphet måste vila på den representativa demokratins grund. Bara så kan vi som samhällsmedborgare behålla makten över vår framtid.

Lennart J. Lundqvist är professor emeritus i statsvetenskap med särskild inriktning mot organisation och genomförandeprocesser inom miljöområdet. Som forskare är han jämnårig med den moderna svenska miljöpolitiken: han inledde sina doktorandstudier 1967, samma år som Naturvårdsverket bildades.

Originally published in 1986, this book compares and evaluates the effects of converting rental housing into owner occupancy in the USA, the UK and Germany. The evaluation examines the pros and cons of such conversions. The conversion controversy is more than a technical discussion of outcomes of different housing strategies. By viewing tenure conversions as strategies for limiting direct governmental involvement, this comparative evaluation indicates something about the effects not only on housing, but on general social welfare, of such strategies.

Originally published in 1986, this book compares and evaluates the effects of converting rental housing into owner occupancy in the USA, the UK and Germany. The evaluation examines the pros and cons of such conversions. The conversion controversy is more than a technical discussion of outcomes of different housing strategies. By viewing tenure conversions as strategies for limiting direct governmental involvement, this comparative evaluation indicates something about the effects not only on housing, but on general social welfare, of such strategies.

International agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, EU regulation and country-specific national climate policies offer some hope of addressing climate change. But all too often implementation of these high level objectives is derailed at the sub-national, local and - perhaps most important - individual level, by a variety of structural, policy and perceived barriers that result in a failure of effective action.

Drawing on original research from Sweden, a world leader in effective environmental solutions, this volume examines the difficulties of aligning climate policy from international to national and sub-national levels. The authors address the full range of barriers and complexities, including governance structures, the relationship between ''experts'' and the public, political feasibility, tax measures, perceptions of ''fairness'' and self-interest, and the importance of environmental values. Also covered are the roles and perceptions of organizations and professions, the place of carbon-free technologies (such as wind power), the relationship between national and EU regulations, and the monumental challenge of governing the climate in a bordered and divided world.

This volume is a vital source of information for all those seeking to create effective, coordinated responses to the challenge of climate change.

International agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, EU regulation and country-specific national climate policies offer some hope of addressing climate change. But all too often implementation of these high level objectives is derailed at the sub-national, local and - perhaps most important - individual level, by a variety of structural, policy and perceived barriers that result in a failure of effective action.

Drawing on original research from Sweden, a world leader in effective environmental solutions, this volume examines the difficulties of aligning climate policy from international to national and sub-national levels. The authors address the full range of barriers and complexities, including governance structures, the relationship between ''experts'' and the public, political feasibility, tax measures, perceptions of ''fairness'' and self-interest, and the importance of environmental values. Also covered are the roles and perceptions of organizations and professions, the place of carbon-free technologies (such as wind power), the relationship between national and EU regulations, and the monumental challenge of governing the climate in a bordered and divided world.

This volume is a vital source of information for all those seeking to create effective, coordinated responses to the challenge of climate change.