Agency in Earth system governance /
"The modern era is facing unprecedented governance challenges in striving to achieve long-term sustainability goals and to limit human impacts on the earth system. This volume synthesizes a decade of multidisciplinary research into how diverse actors exercise authority in environmental decision...
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2020. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Earth system governance series
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Summary: |
"The modern era is facing unprecedented governance challenges in striving to achieve long-term sustainability goals and to limit human impacts on the earth system. This volume synthesizes a decade of multidisciplinary research into how diverse actors exercise authority in environmental decision making, and their capacity to deliver effective, legitimate and equitable earth system governance. Actors from the global to the local level are considered, including governments, international organizations and corporations. Chapters cover how state and non-state actors engage with decision-making processes, the relationship between agency and structure, and the variations in governance and agency across different spheres and tiers of society. Providing an overview of the major questions, issues and debates, as well as the theories and methods used in studies of agency in earth system governance, this book provides a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers, as well as practitioners and policy makers working in environmental governance"-- |
Carrier Form: | xi, 260 pages : illustrations, forms ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-258) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781108705875 (paperback) : 1108705871 (paperback) 9781108484053 (hardcover) 1108484050 (hardcover) 9781108688277 (electronic book) 1108688276 (electronic book) |
Index Number: | K3585 |
CLC: | D996.9 |
Call Number: | D996.9/A265 |
Contents: |
Introduction : Agency in Earth System Governance / Conceptualizing Agency and Agents in Earth System Governance / Theories and Methods of Agency Research in Earth System Governance / How Geographies and Issues Matter in ESG-Agency Research / Power (ful) and Power (less) : A Review of Power in the ESG-Agency Scholarship / The Performance of Agency in Earth System Governance / Agency and Knowledge in Environmental Governance : A Thematic Review / Agency and Architecture : Producing Stability and Change / Agency in a Multiscalar World / Agency and Norms : Who Defines What Ought to Be? / Agency in the Allocation of and Access to Natural Resources / Agency and Adaptiveness : Navigating Change and Transformation / Accountability in the Governance of Global Change / Conclusion : Policy Implications of ESG-Agency Research and Reflections on the Road Ahead / |