CHAPTER 7
Globalization and Sustainability
From the point of globalization no other issue is as important as sustainability. The issue of sustainability has drawn the attention of people in the world that we share the globe despite the differences in terms of politics, economics, and ideologies. As a result, the nations of the world need to cooperate to maintain sustainability for the survival of the species. The chapter analyzes the meaning of sustainability, the evolution of its concept, and the consequences. It then proceeds to investigate the challenges of sustainability in a globalized world, focusing on planning, missions, institutional capacity, the role of leadership, international cooperation, and environmental justice. Finally, the chapter makes a statistical analysis of globalization with environmental performance. The field of public administration has been emphasizing the values of efficiency, performance, social equity, diversity, and ethics. In the light of the global concern of protecting the environment, sustainability has now become one of the core values of public administration. Concerns over the declining state of the environment have been emphasized by many recent events, the climate agreement signed in Paris and the uproar over the extent of water contamination in Flint, Michigan, in the United States. As Sonnenfeld and Mol (2002) have reflected, environmental politics is changing drastically not only in developed countries but also around the world at different levels of government. These changes can be understood from the
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