Environmental governance : the challenge of legitimacy and effectiveness / edited by Karl Hogl ...[et. al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hogl, Karl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Environmental sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental policy making has become an experimental field for new modes of governance. This timely book focuses on three prominent characteristics of new governance arrangements: the broad participation of non-state actors, the attempt to improve vertical and horizontal coordination, and the effort to integrate different types of expertise in an effective and democratically accountable way. Building on the analytical perspectives of legitimacy and effectiveness, which are seen as genuine acid test criteria for new governance, this book provides a critical assessment of current practices of

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; 1. Legitimacy and effectiveness of environmental governance -concepts and perspectives; PART I The challenge of participation; 2. Participation in environmental governance: legitimate and effective?; 3. More effective natural resource management through participatory governance? Taking stock of the conceptual and empirical literature -and moving forward; 4. Legitimacy and policy effectiveness of national strategies for sustainability in Austria

5. The national park process in Denmark: a network governance approach to democratize nature policy-making?PART II The challenge of policy coordination; 6. The challenge of coordination: bridging horizontal and vertical boundaries; 7. The shift from hierarchy to governance in national park management: analysing participation, coordination and political commitment; 8. Temporary governance and persistent government: rural policy integration in pilot and mainstream funding programs; 9. Reflexive governance: a way forward for coordinated natural resource policy?

PART III The challenge of science-policy integration10. Normative and analytical perspectives on the role of science and expertise in environmental governance; 11. From truth to trust: lessons learned from 'Climategate'; 12. Scientific and local knowledge in the Danish national park process; 13. Institutionalization of accountability within mission-oriented research: the example of the 'Decision Support System Forest and Climate Change'; CONCLUSIONS; 14. Effectiveness and legitimacy of environmental governance - synopsis of key insights; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-57592-2

9786613888372

1-84980-607-1

OCLC:

809632006