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Environmental Governance: The Challenge of Legitimacy and Effectiveness
Author(s): Karl Hogl (Editor), Eva Kvarda (Editor), Ralf Nordbeck (Editor), Michael Pregernig (Editor)
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date: 31 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 328 pages
- ISBN-10: 184980270X
- ISBN-13: 9781849802703
Book Description
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 participation, coordination and evidence-based policymaking in various case studies of environmental governance, in particular in the fields of biodiversity, climate and forest policy.
The book provides insights from selected governance processes that go beyond consultancy-style best-practice examples but are embedded in a solid conceptual and theoretical discussion that will be invaluable to policymakers. It will also prove essential for scholars interested in environmental politics; policy studies; public policy; public administration; European politics; as well as science and technology studies.
Contributors: S. Beck, M. Bocher, T.E. Boon, L. Giessen, K. Hogl, K. Kassioumis, M. Krott, E. Kvarda, D.H. Lund, I. Nathan, J. Newig, R. Nordbeck, K. Papageorgiou, M. Pregernig, S. Storch, M. Vakkas, S. Weiland
Editorial Reviews
Review
– David Humphreys, The Open University, UK
’This is a very timely, relevant and interesting volume. Environmental problems are pertinent problems, as the book rightly states, so we need continuous attention and effort to analyse and apply environmental governance modes. Although urgently needed, their effectiveness and legitimacy are neither straight forward nor given. Therefore, a thorough in-depth analysis of these modes, their characteristics and their pros and cons is very helpful, both for academics and policy makers. This is exactly what this book offers.’
– Bas Arts, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
