Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals

Magdalena Bexell is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. Her research revolves around international relations and development studies, with a focus on global governance, legitimacy, and responsibility. On-going research projects concern in particular the UN's 2030 Agenda and its SDGs. Her earlier studies explored notions of public and private in human rights protection and transnational public-private partnerships. Her works have appeared in journals such as Journal of International Relations and Development, Policy Studies, Development Policy Review, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Globalizations, International Feminist Journal of Politics, and Global Governance. She also edited the volume Global Governance, Legitimacy and Legitimation and co-edited Democracy and Public-Private Partnerships in Global Governance. Kristina Jönsson is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. Her research concerns international relations, comparative politics, and development studies through an interest in global governance, policy processes, and global-local linkages. Current research deals with the UN's 2030 Agenda and its SDGs as well as global health governance. Her previous publications deal with politics and policy-making in South-East Asia with a special focus on health policy processes. Among her more recent publications are articles in Journal of International Relations and Development, Development Policy Review, Policy Studies, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Forum for Development Studies, Globalizations, and Third World Quarterly. She is co-author of Politics and development in a globalised world.

• Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: The 2030 Agenda and the study of sustainable development politics Chapter 2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: The politics of legitimacy, responsibility, and accountability at the global-national nexus Chapter 3 LEGITIMACY: A process perspective Chapter 4 RESPONSIBILITY: From promise to action Chapter 5 ACCOUNTABILITY: Vertical and horizontal relations Chapter 6 CONCLUSIONS: Interlinkages, continuity, and change in sustainable development politics