
Environmental Governance
Power and Knowledge in a Local-Global World
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 19. March 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
226 pages
978-0-415-77713-1 (ISBN)
Description
This edited collection makes a highly significant critical contribution to the field of environmental politics. It argues that the international-level, institutionalist approach to global environmental politics has run its course, employed solely by powerful actors in order to orchestrate and manipulate local communities within a continuing hegemonic system.
The outstanding international line-up of contributors to this volume explore the real advances that are being made in the areas were the local and global intersect and how power fits into the equation. They explore the relationship between governance, power and knowledge, using power as the main analytical tool.
The contributors adopt a variety of approaches and perspectives - some starting from the local level and shifting upward to the global, and some using a global perspective that narrows down to the local. Some chapters explore specific case studies and others employ a more conceptual framework - but all of them bring a new dimension to the relationship between power and knowledge in environmental governance. Power here is explored in all its guises - from relational to structural power.
An important and timely exploration of a topic at the forefront of global debate, Environmental Governance is essential reading for all students of global environmental politics, international political economy and international relations.
The outstanding international line-up of contributors to this volume explore the real advances that are being made in the areas were the local and global intersect and how power fits into the equation. They explore the relationship between governance, power and knowledge, using power as the main analytical tool.
The contributors adopt a variety of approaches and perspectives - some starting from the local level and shifting upward to the global, and some using a global perspective that narrows down to the local. Some chapters explore specific case studies and others employ a more conceptual framework - but all of them bring a new dimension to the relationship between power and knowledge in environmental governance. Power here is explored in all its guises - from relational to structural power.
An important and timely exploration of a topic at the forefront of global debate, Environmental Governance is essential reading for all students of global environmental politics, international political economy and international relations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen, 2 s/w Zeichnungen, 1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-77713-1 (9780415777131)
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Power and Knowledge in a Local-Global World
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Power and Knowledge in a Local-Global World
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Persons
Gabriela Kuetting is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey in Newark. Her research interests lie in the field of global environmental politics and she is the author of 'Environment, society and International Relations' (Routledge 2000) and 'Globalization and environment, greening global political economy' (SUNY Press 2004).
Ronnie D. Lipschutz is Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His most recent books are The Constitution of Imperium (Paradigm, 2008) and Globalization, Governmentality and Global Politics: Regulation for the Rest of Us? (Routledge, 2005).
Ronnie D. Lipschutz is Professor of Politics and Co-Director of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His most recent books are The Constitution of Imperium (Paradigm, 2008) and Globalization, Governmentality and Global Politics: Regulation for the Rest of Us? (Routledge, 2005).
Editor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Content
1. Introduction Part 1: Power, Knowledge and Environmental Governance from a Conceptual Perspective 2. Situating Knowledges, Spatializing Communities, and Sizing Contradictions: The Challenge of Globality and Locality in Environmental Governance Tim Luke 3. Ecological Expertise Ralf Brand and Andy Karvonen 4. Power, Knowledge and Ocean Governance from a Historical Perspective Peter JacquesPart 2: From the Local to the Global 5. Multi-Level-Governance and the Question of Scale: The Concept of Landscape Governance Christoph Goerg and Felix Rauschmayer 6. The Internationalized State: Functions and Modes of Regulation of Genetic Resources Uli Brand 7. Ecological Praxis: The Global Ecovillage Movement and the Scientific Ontology of Interbeing Karen LitfinPart 3: From the Global to the Local 8. Water for All! The Power of the World Bank and its Transnational Policy Networks Michael Goldman 9. Global Institutions and Environmental Change: Moving beyond Land-Use-Cover-Change Tim Forsyth 10. Global Assistance for Local Environmental Movements: The Politics of Capacity-Building in Bosnia-Herzegovina Adam Fagan 11. Conclusions