Global environmental governance reconsidered / edited by Frank Biermann and Philipp Pattberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biermann, Frank, 1967- editor.

Pattberg, Philipp H., 1975- editor.

Series:

Earth system governance: a core research project of the international human dimensions programme on global environmental change.

Earth system governance: a core research project of the international human dimensions programme on global environmental change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--International cooperation.

Environmental policy.

Environmental responsibility--International cooperation.

Environmental responsibility.

Global environmental change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2012]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

An examination of three major trends in global governance, exemplified by developments in transnational environmental rule-setting.The notion of global governance is widely studied in academia and increasingly relevant to politics and policy making. Yet many of its fundamental elements remain unclear in both theory and practice. This book offers a fresh perspective by analyzing global governance in terms of three major trends, as exemplified by developments in global sustainability governance: the emergence of nonstate actors; new mechanisms of transnational cooperation; and increasingly segmented and overlapping layers of authority.The book, which is the synthesis of a ten-year "Global Governance Project" carried out by thirteen leading European research institutions, first examines new nonstate actors, focusing on international bureaucracies, global corporations, and transnational networks of scientists; then investigates novel mechanisms of global governance, particularly transnational environmental regimes, public-private partnerships, and market-based arrangements; and, finally, looks at fragmentation of authority, both vertically among supranational, international, national, and subnational layers, and horizontally among different parallel rule-making systems.The implications, potential, and realities of global environmental governance are defining questions for our generation. This book distills key insights from the past and outlines the most important research challenges for the future.

Contents:

1 Global Environmental Governance Revisited / Frank Biermann Biermann, Frank, Philipp Pattberg Pattberg, Philipp 1

I The New Actors 25

2 International Bureaucracies / Steffen Bauer Bauer, Steffen, Steinar Andresen Andresen, Steinar, Frank Biermann Biermann, Frank 27

3 Global Corporations / Kyla Tienhaara Tienhaara, Kyla, Amandine Orsini Orsini, Amandine, Robert Falkner Falkner, Robert 45

4 Science Networks / Aarti Gupta Gupta, Aarti, Steinar Andresen Andresen, Steinar, Bernd Siebenhüner Siebenhüner, Bernd, Frank Biermann Biermann, Frank 69

II The New Mechanisms 95

5 Transnational Environmental Regimes / Philipp Pattberg Pattberg, Philipp 97

6 Transnational Public-Private Partnerships / Karin Bäckstrand Bäckstrand, Karin, Sabine Campe Campe, Sabine, Sander Chan Chan, Sander, Aysem Mert Mert, Aysem, Marco Schäferhoff Schäferhoff, Marco 123

7 Transnational Governance Experiments / Harriet Bulkeley Bulkeley, Harriet, Matthew J. Hoffmann Hoffmann, Matthew J., Stacy D. VanDeveer VanDeveer, Stacy D., Victoria Milledge Milledge, Victoria 149

III The New Interlinkages and Fragmentations 173

8 Horizontal Institutional Interlinkages / Fariborz Zelli Zelli, Fariborz, Aarti Gupta Gupta, Aarti, Harro van Asselt Asselt, Harro van 175

9 International-Domestic Linkages and Policy Convergen / Per-Olof Busch Busch, Per-Olof, Aarti Gupta Gupta, Aarti, Robert Falkner Falkner, Robert 199

10 Regional Governance Arrangements / Tatiana Kluvánková-Oravská Kluvánková-Oravská, Tatiana, Veronika Chobotová Chobotová, Veronika 219

11 The Changing Role of the State / Daniel Compagnon Compagnon, Daniel, Sander Chan Chan, Sander, Aysem Mert Mert, Aysem 237

12 Conclusions / Frank Biermann Biermann, Frank, Philipp Pattberg Pattberg, Philipp 265.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262305709

0262305704

9780262017664

0262017660

9780262517706

0262517701

OCLC:

860200444

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