The social and political construction of sustainable development in Quebec : a critical analysis of the Quebec sustainable development policy / Rene Audet and Corinne Gendron -- Inclusive governance or incrementalism? : the choice of a sustainable development governance model for Flanders / Kris Bachus and Sophie Spillemaeckers -- Sustainable development policies in the Basque Country / Alberto de la Pena and Inaki Barcena -- Sustainable development in Wallonia : trial and error along two tracks of governance / Sander Happaerts -- Governance for sustainable development in the German Bundeslander / Kirsten Jorgensen -- Dutch provincial sustainable development policies : ambitions and differences / Frans Coenen -- Spanish subnational involvement in multi-level sustainable development issues / Kenneth Hanf and Francesc Morata -- A "responsibility" to act globally : investigating the Welsh assembly government's engagement in nrg4SD / Elin Royles -- Routes to global decision-making : Flanders in the UN and OECD discussions on sustainable development / Karoline Van den Brande -- Subnational involvement in EU policy-making : the case of Scottish flood risk management / Anna-Lena Hogenauer -- Green paradiplomacy in North America : successes and limits of the NEG-ECP / Annie Chaloux and Stephane Paquin -- The state of sustainable development : perspectives from the subnational level / Sander Happaerts, Hans Bruyninckx and Karoline Van den Brande.