Acknowledgements . . 9

1. Food for thought: compatibility between sustainable development and liberal democracy . . 13
2. Operationalizing and accomplishing a type-four compatibility analysis . . 49
3. Determining compatibility criteria . . 71
4. Sustainable development . . 113
5. Challenges connected to physical resources and technological supply requirements . . 147
6. Socio-economic challenges implied by scenario SD4 . . 181
7. Implied policies in scenario SD-4 . . 217
8. The type-four compatibility analysis: Compatibility between policies for sustainable development and liberal-democratic core values . . 237
9. Sustainable development and liberal democracy: insights and conditions for compatibility . . 285

Refererences . . 297
Goteborg Studies in Politics . . 319