Objectif To develop a theory of globalism and localism as mutually essential patterns of societal adaptation to sustainable development, emphasising local requirements for community cohesion, social justice, economic opportunity and cultural identity in the European Union; to examine the legal contradictions and reconciliations between economic and social competitiveness and authentic (i.e. community revealed) localism in an expanding European Union; to develop new methodologies of communal visioning as to who loses and who gains in the transition to sustainability, and how democratic practices of giving and taking can be attuned to be acceptable and effective.OBJECTIVES: To develop a theory of globalism and localism as mutually essential patterns of societal adaptation to sustainable development, emphasising local requirements for community cohesion, social justice, economic opportunity and cultural identity in the European Union; to examine the legal contradictions and reconciliations between economic and social competitiveness and authentic (i.e. community revealed) localism in an expanding European Union; to develop new methodologies of communal visioning as to who loses and who gains in the transition to sustainability, and how democratic practices of giving and taking can be attuned to be acceptable and effective. DESCRIPTION: The research develops a theory of the relations between localism and globalisms and a legal analysis of its implications in the EU context. It tests out these two analytical positions in ten case studies carried out in five EU Member States (Austria, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom) that is, different economies and societies facing up to a more sustainable age. The main research tasks and methods are: i) interviewing, via structural open-ended questionnaires of key people in government, business, social activism, do-it-yourself community politics, and the media concerning the contradictions and compatibilities of globalism and localism as these trends are initially perceived; ii) visioning exercises, using images, projections, games and interactive decision models, of how key players in the case studies conceptualise the likely patterns of sustainability transitional pathways, first from the viewpoint of their own ideologies, secondly as a result of game playing and round table discussions; iii) testing out mediation techniques, in game form, to see how effective and acceptable particular packages of adjustment might be to key stakeholders. Champ scientifique social sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracysocial sciencessociologyideologiessocial scienceslawhuman rights Programme(s) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Thème(s) 04 - Human dimensions of environmental change Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse University Plain NR4 7TJ NORWICH Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (6) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire CENTRO DE ESTUDOS EM ECONOMIA DA ENERGIA, DOS TRANSPORTES E DO AMBIENTE Portugal Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 28 1,Rua Gustavo Matos Sequeira 28 1 1200 LISBOA Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 48 Princes Gardens SW7 2PE London Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Linköping University Suède Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 581 83 Linköping Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Technische Universität Graz Autriche Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 25,Inffeldgasse 8010 Graz Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée United Nations Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 3 Whitehall Court SW1A 2EL London Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée University of Crete Grèce Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 17,Perivolia 74100 Rethimno Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée