Governing international rivers : polycentric politics in the Mekong and the Rhine / Tun Myint.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myint, Tun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International rivers.

Mekong River Watershed--Government policy--Case studies.

Mekong River Watershed.

Rhine River Watershed--Government policy--Case studies.

Rhine River Watershed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important book employs the theory of polycentricity, a system with several centres as an analytical concept to explain the multilayered international environmental governance of river basins. It introduces a new methodological framework to deconstruct and investigate the dynamics of citizens, states and non-state actors in world politics via the context of river basin governance. The methodology is tested through in-depth field-based case studies, illustrating how local citizens and industries in the Mekong and Rhine river basins participate in transnational environmental governance at bo

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1. Governance and international rivers; 2. Polycentricity of world politics; 3. Institutional evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine; 4. Multilayer environmental governance in the Rhine; 5. Influence of non-state actors in governance of the Rhine; 6. Issues, interests and actors in the Pak Mun Dam project; 7. Influence of non-state actors on Pak Mun Dam; 8. Polycentric environmental governance; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49295-3

9786613588180

1-78100-148-0

OCLC:

787843621