Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Part I Central threads and analytic perspectives; Introduction: new perspectives on governance for sustainable development; 1 Governance for sustainable development in a world of rising interdependencies; Part II Governance for solving environmental problems: perspectives from economics, political science, and management; 2 Environmental governance: an economic perspective; 3 Environmental governance and political science
4 Self-regulatory institutions for solving environmental problems: perspectives and contributions from the management literaturePart III The effectiveness of governance for sustainable development; 5 Transnational actors and global environmental governance; 6 The effectiveness of voluntary environmental initiatives; 7 The emergence of non-state market-driven (NSMD) global environmental governance: a cross-sectoral assessment; Part IV Conclusion; 8 Research opportunities in the area of governance for
Summary
Leading scholars from economics, management studies, and political science suggest effective environmental policies to mitigate human impact on the environment
