{"product_id":"how-to-successfully-encourage-sustainable-gnther-bachmann-9781032149745","title":"How to Successfully Encourage Sustainable Development Policy: Lessons from Germany","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book builds on the insights of G?ther Bachmann, former Secretary General for the German Sustainability Council, who spent almost 20 years advising the German government on sustainability policy. The book discusses his experiences in negotiating stakeholder statements at the highest national levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBachmann takes the reader behind the scenes of German sustainable policy and practice, whilst also comparing Germany with other national approaches. He tells the story of political events from his insider perspective, unfolding the narrative of sustainable development goals and how activists in their respective countries could and should relate to it. Furthermore, he suggests new lines of vision through the tangle of conference fatigue and buzzwords. The book argues that environmentalists often display entrenched attitudes that too often downplay success. The rhetoric of crisis and doom, if overstretched and reduced to alarm, paralyses action and innovation. Bachmann, who on the contrary argues positively and concretely, shows unusual but significant signs of hope and confidence in action and how these can be made effective in the politics of sustainable development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of global relevance to sustainability professionals and policy makers and will advise them on how to successfully move ahead with sustainability policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G?ther Bachmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032149744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032149745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"G?ther Bachmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059109458175,"sku":"9781032149745","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dd6ef21-89b0-4df1-ac3f-093d0376b190.jpg?v=1685056279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-successfully-encourage-sustainable-gnther-bachmann-9781032149745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}