Title: Agenda 21 through the efforts of the third sector in St. Petersburg region

Authors: Maria Tysiachniouk

Addresses: Center for Independent Social Research and Smolny College of St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: The present publication is devoted to the analysis of St. Petersburg Agenda 21 initiatives under the present historical, political and economic context. The main emphasis is on the role of the third sector in encouraging participation in sustainable development processes. This paper examines problems, barriers and trends of Agenda 21 initiatives in the St. Petersburg and Leningradsky regions. Theories of Western social movements are applied to the analysis.

Keywords: Agenda 21; Russia; sustainable development; sustainability; social movements; third sector; voluntary sector.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2000.053859

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2000 Vol.2 No.1, pp.75 - 94

Published online: 13 May 2013 *

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