Cel 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. Dziedzina nauki social sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracysocial sciencessociologyideologiessocial scienceslawhuman rights Program(-y) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Temat(-y) 04 - Human dimensions of environmental change Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA Wkład UE Brak danych Adres University Plain NR4 7TJ NORWICH Zjednoczone Królestwo Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (6) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko CENTRO DE ESTUDOS EM ECONOMIA DA ENERGIA, DOS TRANSPORTES E DO AMBIENTE Portugalia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 28 1,Rua Gustavo Matos Sequeira 28 1 1200 LISBOA Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 48 Princes Gardens SW7 2PE London Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Linköping University Szwecja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 581 83 Linköping Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Technische Universität Graz Austria Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 25,Inffeldgasse 8010 Graz Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych United Nations Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 3 Whitehall Court SW1A 2EL London Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych University of Crete Grecja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 17,Perivolia 74100 Rethimno Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych