TY - JOUR

T1 - The German sustainable development strategy

T2 - facing policy, management and political strategy assessments

AU - Tils, Ralf

N1 - Literaturverz. S. 175 - 176

PY - 2007/5/18

Y1 - 2007/5/18

N2 - The Germans' conviction of being an international frontrunner in environmental policy stands in contrast to the unwillingness of the German national governments of the 1990s to undertake a commitment for a nationwide sustainable development strategy. Using five core strategy categories, namely horizontal and vertical integration, participation, implementation mechanism, monitoring and evaluation, this article provides an overview of the German sustainable development strategy preparation and implementation process. While the strategy is an ambitious concept, it also exhibits important shortcomings when viewed with different analytical perspectives such as policy, management and political strategy. Only with all of these perspectives combined can we arrive at specific conclusions about the assessment of the strategy process and make the essential characteristics of political strategy apparent. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

AB - The Germans' conviction of being an international frontrunner in environmental policy stands in contrast to the unwillingness of the German national governments of the 1990s to undertake a commitment for a nationwide sustainable development strategy. Using five core strategy categories, namely horizontal and vertical integration, participation, implementation mechanism, monitoring and evaluation, this article provides an overview of the German sustainable development strategy preparation and implementation process. While the strategy is an ambitious concept, it also exhibits important shortcomings when viewed with different analytical perspectives such as policy, management and political strategy. Only with all of these perspectives combined can we arrive at specific conclusions about the assessment of the strategy process and make the essential characteristics of political strategy apparent. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

KW - Politics

KW - Deutschland

KW - Nachhaltige Entwicklung

KW - Strategie

KW - Assessment

KW - Germany

KW - National sustainable development strategy

KW - Political strategy

KW - Sustainable development

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34347220088&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/2f5c057d-82e1-3fe9-a59f-f72252b6e929/

U2 - 10.1002/eet.453

DO - 10.1002/eet.453

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 17

SP - 164

EP - 176

JO - Environmental Policy and Governance

JF - Environmental Policy and Governance

SN - 1756-932X

IS - 3

ER -