Polycentrism DOI Open Access

Lauren Eastwood,

Katja Freistein, Volker M. Heins

et al.

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 25, 2023

Abstract How does governing work today? society (mis)handle pressing challenges such as armed violence, cultural difference, ecological degradation, economic restructuring, geopolitical shifts, global pandemics, migration flows, and technological change in ways that are democratic, effective, fair, peaceful, sustainable? This book addresses this key question around the theme of ‘polycentrism’: i.e. idea contemporary is dispersed, fluctuating, messy, elusive, headless. Chapters develop notion polycentrism from a broad spectrum academic disciplines theoretical approaches. Readers thereby obtain full coverage exciting new thinking about how today’s world (mis)ruled. The distinguishes four paradigms knowledge polycentric governing—organizational, legal, relational, structural—and pursues conversations across divides normally keep these approaches separate research communities. These exceptional inter-paradigm exchanges focus especially on issues techniques (how done), power (what forces drive governing), legitimacy (whether rightful). Comparisons between multiple perspectives highlight, help to clarify, distinctive emphases, potentials, limitations each approach. In addition, combinations diverse theories generate promising novel avenues thought polycentrism. Through their engagement with book, readers can own understandings today become more empowered political subjects.

Language: Английский

Advancing understanding of natural resource governance: a post-Ostrom research agenda DOI Creative Commons
Graeme S. Cumming, Graham Epstein, John M. Anderies

et al.

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 44, P. 26 - 34

Published: May 3, 2020

Language: Английский

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Environmental governance theories: a review and application to coastal systems DOI Creative Commons
Stefan Partelow, Achim Schlüter, Derek Armitage

et al.

Ecology and Society, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 25(4)

Published: Jan. 1, 2020

Partelow, S., A. Schlüter, D. Armitage, M. Bavinck, K. Carlisle, R. Gruby, A.-K. Hornidge, Le Tissier, J. Pittman, Song, L. P. Sousa, N. Văidianu, and Van Assche. 2020. Environmental governance theories: a review application to coastal systems. Ecology Society 25(4):19. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12067-250419

Language: Английский

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110
Reconciling Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Governance: A Social Network Perspective DOI Open Access
Örjan Bodin, María Mancilla García, Garry Robins

et al.

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 45(1), P. 471 - 495

Published: April 22, 2020

Most if not all environmental problems entail conflicts of interest. Yet, different actors and opposing coalitions often but certainly always cooperate in solving these problems. Hence, processes conflict cooperation work tandem, albeit much the scholarly literature tends to focus on either phenomena isolation. Social network analysis (SNA) provides opportunities study together. In this review, we demonstrate how SNA has increased our understanding promises pitfalls collaborative approaches addressing The potential investigate governance, however, remains largely underutilized. Furthermore, a perspective is restricted social domain. A multilevel social-ecological facilitates integration sciences patterns resource access can trigger both conflict.

Language: Английский

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102
A framework for implementing socially just climate adaptation DOI
Jeffrey T. Malloy, Catherine Ashcraft

Climatic Change, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 160(1), P. 1 - 14

Published: April 14, 2020

Language: Английский

Citations

98
Institutional navigation for polycentric sustainability governance DOI Open Access
Mark Lubell, Tiffany H. Morrison

Nature Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 4(8), P. 664 - 671

Published: April 22, 2021

Language: Английский

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87
Gender equality is diluted in commitments made to small-scale fisheries DOI Creative Commons
Sarah Lawless, Philippa J. Cohen, Sangeeta Mangubhai

et al.

World Development, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 140, P. 105348 - 105348

Published: Jan. 19, 2021

Gender equality is a mainstream principle of good environmental governance and sustainable development. Progress toward gender in the fisheries sector critical for effective equitable development outcomes coastal countries. However, while commitments to have surged at global, regional national levels, little known about how this constructed, implemented across different geographies contexts. Consequently, progress difficult assess navigate. To identify influential policy instruments (n = 76), we conducted key-informant interviews with actors engaged small-scale 26) 9) sectors Pacific Islands region. We systematically analysed these according (1) representations equality, (2) rationales pursing gender, (3) strategies actions. found that frequently narrowed concept focus on women, whereas considered as diverse social identities, norms relations. In instruments, pursuing diverged substantially yet, overall was predominantly pursued instrumental (i.e., improved outcomes) rather than intrinsic an inherent value fairness) reasons. Over two-thirds focused organization's own human resourcing project assessments, direct action within communities, or women men reliant fisheries. Our findings illustrate investments be narrow outdated. Critical shifts dominant narratives objectives, embrace multi-level strategies, provide opportunities agendas rise current best practice, ultimately make meaningful (opposed rhetorical) equality. The methodological approach develop holds other critically examine, subsequently enhance, commitment

Language: Английский

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70
Spatial and temporal differentiation and influencing factors of environmental governance performance in the Yangtze River Delta, China DOI

Youxin Hou,

Kerong Zhang,

Yuchen Zhu

et al.

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 801, P. 149699 - 149699

Published: Aug. 20, 2021

Language: Английский

Citations

65
Does vertical supervision promote regional green transformation? Evidence from Central Environmental Protection Inspection DOI
Meng Zeng, Limin Zheng, Xiao‐Ying Huang

et al.

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 326, P. 116681 - 116681

Published: Nov. 13, 2022

Language: Английский

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Downscaling doughnut economics for sustainability governance DOI Creative Commons
Rachel A. Turner, Jane Wills

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 56, P. 101180 - 101180

Published: May 9, 2022

The concept of 'doughnut economics' is attracting growing attention from policy-makers and has the potential to unify stakeholders around a holistic vision sustainable development. 'safe just' space within doughnut framed at global scale, based on human needs that represent foundation for social wellbeing, planetary boundaries reflecting biophysical limits. However, geographical division political power between nations means its ability stimulate change will depend upon application national subnational scales. This paper examines challenges facing local institutions in downscaling economics planning, decision-making leadership; draws wider literature previous efforts localise sustainability governance help illuminate these challenges; outlines future research agenda support safe just space.

Language: Английский

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Building blocks of polycentric governance DOI Creative Commons
Tiffany H. Morrison, Örjan Bodin, Graeme S. Cumming

et al.

Policy Studies Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 51(3), P. 475 - 499

Published: Jan. 23, 2023

Abstract Success or failure of a polycentric system is function complex political and social processes, such as coordination between actors venues to solve specialized policy problems. Yet there currently no accepted method for isolating distinct processes coordination, nor understand how their variance affects governance performance. We develop test building‐blocks approach that uses different patterns “motifs” measuring comparing longitudinally on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Our confirms comprises an evolving substrate interdependent over time. However, while issue specialization actor participation can be improved through the mobilization venues, strategy also fragment overall capacity resolve conflict adapt new A advances understanding practice by enabling sharper diagnosis internal dynamics in environmental systems.

Language: Английский

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