Architectures of Earth System Governance
Institutional Complexity and Structural Transformation
Published on 7. May 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-1-108-74730-1 (ISBN)
Description
International institutions are prevalent in world politics. More than a thousand multilateral treaties are in place just to protect the environment alone, and there are many more. And yet, it is also clear that these institutions do not operate in a void but are enmeshed in larger, highly complex webs of governance arrangements. This compelling book conceptualises these broader structures as the 'architectures' of global governance. Here, over 40 international relations scholars offer an authoritative synthesis of a decade of research on global governance architectures with an empirical focus on protecting the environment and vital earth systems. They investigate the structural intricacies of earth system governance and explain how global architectures enable or hinder individual institutions and their overall effectiveness. The book offers much-needed conceptual clarity about key building blocks and structures of complex governance architectures, charts detailed directions for new research, and provides analytical groundwork for policy reform. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
709 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-74730-1 (9781108747301)
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Institutional Complexity and Structural Transformation
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Institutional Complexity and Structural Transformation
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Persons
Frank Biermann is Professor of Global Sustainability Governance at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He is the founding chair of the Earth System Governance Project and Editor-in-Chief of Earth System Governance. Rakhyun E. Kim is Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Governance at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He is a Senior Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance Project, and Co-Chair of its Taskforce on Earth System Law.
Content
1. Architectures of Earth System Governance: Setting the Stage; Part I. The Building Blocks: 2. Intergovernmental institutions Ronald B. Mitchell, Arild Underdal, Steinar Andresen and Carel Dieperink; 3. International bureaucracies Dominique De Wit, Abby Lindsay Ostovar, Steffen Bauer and Sikina Jinnah; 4. Transnational institutions and networks Agni Kalfagianni, Lena Partzsch and Oscar Widerberg; 5. Institutional architectures for areas beyond national jurisdiction Oran R. Young; Part II. Core Structural Features: 6. Institutional interlinkages Thomas Hickmann, Harro Van Asselt, Sebastian Oberthuer, Lisa Sanderink, Oscar Widerberg and Fariborz Zelli; 7. Regime complexes Laura Gomez-Mera, Jean-Frederic Morin and Thijs Van De Graaf; 8. Governance fragmentation Frank Biermann, Melanie Van Driel, Marjanneke J. Vijge and Tom Peek; Part III. Policy Responses: 9. Policy integration Hens Runhaar, Bettina Wilk, Peter Driessen, Niall Dunphy, Asa Persson, James Meadowcroft and Gerard Mullally; 10. Interplay management Olav Schram Stokke; 11. Orchestration Kenneth W. Abbott, Steven Bernstein and Amy Janzwood; 12. Governance through global goals Marjanneke J. Vijge, Frank Biermann, Rakhyun E. Kim, Maya Bogers, Melanie Van Driel, Francesco S. Montesano and Abbie Yunita; 13. Hierarchization Rakhyun E. Kim, Harro Van Asselt, Louis J. Kotze, Marjanneke J. Vijge and Frank Biermann; Part IV. Future Directions: 14. Taking stock and moving forward Frank Biermann, Rakhyun E. Kim, Kenneth W. Abbott, James Hollway, Ronald B. Mitchell and Michelle Scobie.