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Title Global environmental commons : analytical and political challenges in building governance mechanisms / edited by Eric Brousseau [and others]
Edition 1st ed
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Contents pt. 1. Global issues : environmental and governance challenges -- pt. 2. Adressing [sic] global issues by articulating local governance frameworks -- pt. 3. Designing institutions taking into account social preferences -- pt. 4. Designing incentives mechanisms under the constraints of the socio-political game
Summary Environmental challenges, and the potential solutions to address them, have a direct effect on living standards, the organization of economies, major infrastructures, and modes of urbanization. Since the publication of path-breaking contributions on the governance of environmental resources in the early 1990s, many political initiatives have been taken, numerous governance experiments have been conducted, and a large multi-disciplinary field of research has opened up. Thisinterdisciplinary book takes stock of the knowledge that has accumulated to date, and addresses new challenges in the provision of environmental goods. It focuses on three essential dimensions with respect to governance. First, it addresses the issue of designing governance solutions through analyzing systemsof rules, and levels of organization, in the governance and management of environmental issues. Second, it draws renewed attention to the negotiation processes among stakeholders playing a crucial role in reaching agreements over issues and solutions, and in choosing and implementing particular policy instruments. Finally, it shows that compliance depends on a combination of formal rules, enforced by recognized authorities, and informal obligations, such as social and individual norms. The evolution of the research frontiers on environmental governance shows that more legitimate and informed processes of collective decision, and more subtle and effective ways of managing compliance, can contribute to more effective policy. However, this book also illustrates that more democratic and effective governance should rely on more direct and pluralistic forms of involvement of citizens and stakeholders in the collective decision making processes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Environmental economics.
Environmental policy.
environmental policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
NATURE -- Natural Resources.
Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Form Electronic book
Author Brousseau, Eric.
ISBN 9780191630170
0191630179
1283576953
9781283576956
9780191742149
0191742147