Development and Environmental Protection vs. Sustainable Development - a Complementary Study of Poland and Norway

• Autorzy: Rasmus Reinvang
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The brief studies of Poland and Norway are different in nature. They focus on different sides of the societies of the respective countries and they do it from different perspectives. While the study of Poland focuses on politics and development in relation to the European Union (EU) at present, the study of Norway is essentially an environment-oriented history of mentality with a dash of sociology. The study of Poland indicates the problematic nature of the current type of development in countries aspiring to an EU standard of living. The study of Norway highlights the problems of consciousness building, how radical counter-cultural demands gradually become accepted by and incorporated into the political system, while leaving the basic structures of the system untouched. Through what the title calls "a complementary study of Poland and Norway", the article thus addresses the complementary issues of environmental problems at the essence of what we generally consider to be development, and the problems involved in taking the step from awareness building to an actual change towards sustainability once a high standard of development has been achieved. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Environmental protection; Sustainable development

PL

Ochrona środowiska; Rozwój zrównoważony

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2002
• Numer: Vol. 2
• Strony: 59--73

Twórcy

autor

Rasmus Reinvang

• Gdansk University, Poland

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