Introduction -- The social and political construction of sustainable developpment in Quebec: a critical analysis of the Quebec sustainable development policy -- Inclusive governance or incrementalism? the choice of a sustainable development governance model for flanders -- Sustainable development policies in the Basque country -- Sustainable development in Wallonia: trial and error along two tracks of governance -- Governance for sustainable development in the German -- Dutch provincial sustainable development policies: ambitions and differences -- Spanish subnational involvement in multi-level sustainable development issues -- A 'Responsibility' to act globally: investigating the Welsh assembly government's engagement in nrg4SD -- Routers to global decision-making: flanders in th UN and OECD discussions on sustainable development -- Subnational involvement in EU policy-making: the case of Scottish Flood Risk Management -- Green paradiplomacy in North America: successes and limits of the NEG-ECP -- The state of sustainable development: perspectives from the subnational level

1. Sustainable development
2. Political science -- Public policy -- Environmental policy
3. Social science -- Developing countries
4. Business and economics -- Development -- Sustainable development