Educational and Cultural Challenges of the European Sustainability Model : Breaking Down Silos in the Legal Domain

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the European Sustainability Model which cannot be properly understood without taking into account the global governance trends surrounding the topic. The author offers a fresh analysis of both theory and praxis of sustainable development in the open-ended process of EU integration by shedding new light on the often-overlooked role that law and legal science should have within the educational and cultural domains. The monograph explores the necessity of new conceptual and methodological approaches in order to understand the emerging educational and cultural challenges when it comes to their integration and intersection with sustainability in today’s society, which desperately claims systemic transformations. Preface Acknowledgements Contents Chapter 1: Introduction References Chapter 2: Conceptual and Methodological Premise: Breaking Silos Into the Legal Domain 2.1 Conceptual and Methodological Premise: Breaking Silos Into the Legal Domain 2.2 Sustainability and the Blurry Normative Nature of an Open-Ended Concept of Multidisciplinary Existence 2.3 Missing Narrative on the Role of Law in the Concept of SD 2.4 Is It the End of Disciplinary Approaches? Breaking Silos into the Legal Domain References Chapter 3: The European Sustainability Model: From the Global Governance Scenario to the European Picture `Integrating ́ Interg... 3.1 A Brief History About Sustainability and Sustainable Development 3.2 The Global Governance Scenario: Its Normative Narrative Failing to Embrace a Multidimensional Sustainability Concept 3.3 European Union Sustainability Model 3.3.1 An Overview of the Origins of the Current EU Sustainability Model. A Bit of History About the Origins of the Environment... 3.3.2 From the `Environmentalisation ́ of EU Sectorial Policies to a More Complex Agenda Building a Strong Global Leadership of... 3.3.3 Education and Culture as Emergent Social Policies Defining the Unique EUSM 3.3.4 Constitutional Existence of the EU Model of SD 3.3.5 A Note on European Governance Under the Sustainability Paradigm as a Yardstick for Bottom-Up Approaches in EUSM 3.3.6 Future Challenges of the Emerging `Sustainability ́ Model in Europe. From `Protection ́ and `Merchandising ́ to `Access ́ an... References Chapter 4: Conceptualising and Understanding Education and Cultural Challenges for Sustainability Transformation. Raising Awar... 4.1 Unexplored Conceptual Frameworks of Education and Culture for Sustainability Transformation in Legal Scholarship 4.1.1 Culture 4.1.2 Education 4.2 Raising Awareness About the Neglected Role of Education and Culture at the Level of Policymaking. The Big Picture 4.3 The Global Scenario 4.3.1 Culture and Education Issues Entrenched in International Agreements: Creating Global Awareness on the Necessity of Trans... 4.3.2 International Instruments That Hail Education and Culture as Horizontal Enablers of Sustainability 4.3.2.1 The Earth Charter 4.3.2.2 UNESCO Conventions and Declarations 4.3.2.3 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 4.3.2.4 The Paris Agreement 4.3.2.5 The Global Pact for the Environment 4.4 The Drivers of Transformation: The Impossibility to Find a Unique Successful Formula References Chapter 5: Facing Cultural and Education Challenges at the EU Level: Fragmentation and Multiple Solutions 5.1 Challenges at EU Institutional Level. Positive Interplay of Global Public Powers? 5.1.1 Sustainability Premises Scarcely Set in Education Policymaking 5.1.2 Global Change and Worsening of Environmental Conditions Embedded Into Cultural Concerns 5.2 The Complexity of Not Having a Unique Valid Solution 5.2.1 SDG 4 and Curriculum Reorientation to Face Educational Challenges, But Not Only 5.2.2 From Higher Education to Early Childhood. The Overarching Culture of a Strong Sustainability Model Failing to Reach Educ... 5.2.3 Complex Reality and the Educational Engagement: From Edgar Morin Thought to the Laudato Si ́ Contrasted with Environmenta... 5.2.4 Education and Knowledge as Common Goods. Humanity ́s Global Purpose 5.2.5 Europe of Knowledge or Knowledgeable Europe? Too Much Attention to Innovation Through Digitalisation 5.3 Is It Easier to Face Challenges at European Union Level? 5.4 Case Studies Offering a Glimpse on How Things Should Go 5.4.1 Examples of Paradigm Shift in the Education Sector: Senza zaino Experience and ECOLOG 5.4.2 Examples of Paradigm Shift in the Cultural Sector: Julie ́s Bicycle and Other Urban Initiatives References Chapter 6: Conclusions Reference