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Author Kauffman, Craig M., author.

Title Grassroots global governance : local watershed management experiments and the evolution of sustainable development / Craig M. Kauffman
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents The nexus between global and local governance -- Grassroots global governance : theory and process -- Ecuadorian watershed management reform in context -- Phase 1 : national network activation -- Local legacies of national network activation -- Phase 2 : why local local integrated watershed management campaigns endure -- Local experimentation in Tungurahua -- Phase 3 : global impacts of local experiments -- Conclusion : rethinking global governance -- Methodological appendix
Summary To address global problems like climate change, transnational networks promote "best practices" locally around the world. Grassroots Global Governance explains the variations in their success levels and why implementing these "global ideas" locally causes them to evolve at the international level. Ultimately, the book demonstrates how global governance is partially constructed at the grassroots
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2021)
Subject Watershed management -- Political aspects -- Ecuador
Integrated water development -- Political aspects -- Ecuador
Sustainable development -- Political aspects -- Ecuador
Local government -- Ecuador
Globalization -- Political aspects -- Ecuador
Watershed management -- International cooperation
Integrated water development -- International cooperation
Sustainable development -- International cooperation
Globalization -- Political aspects
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Globalization -- Political aspects
Integrated water development -- International cooperation
Local government
Sustainable development -- International cooperation
Sustainable development -- Political aspects
Watershed management -- International cooperation
Ecuador
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016032703
ISBN 9780190625740
0190625740
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