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Governance for the environment : new perspectives

Author: Magali A Delmas; Oran R Young
Publisher: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"We live in an era of human-dominated ecosystems in which the demand for environmental governance is rising rapidly. At the same time, confidence in the capacity of governments to meet this demand is waning. How can we address the resultant governance deficit and achieve sustainable development? This book brings together perspectives from economics, management, and political science in order to identify innovative  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Magali A Delmas; Oran R Young
ISBN: 9780521519380 0521519381 9780521743006 0521743001
OCLC Number: 316824213
Description: xii, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : new perspectives on governance for sustainable development / Magali A. Delmas and Oran R. Young --
Governance for sustainable development in a world of rising interdependencies / Oran R. Young --
Environmental governance : an economic perspective / Thomas P. Lyon --
Environmental governance and political science / Maria Carmen Lemos and Arun Agrawal --
Self-regulatory institutions for solving environmental problems : perspectives and contributions from the management literature / Andrew King and Michael W. Toffel --
Transnational actors and global environmental governance / Virginia Haufler --
The effectiveness of voluntary environmental initiatives / Madhu Khanna and Keith Brouhle --
The emergence of non-state market-driven (NSMD) global environmental governance : a cross-sectoral assessment / Graeme Auld ... [et al.] --
Research opportunities in the area of governance for sustainable development / Magali A. Delmas.
Responsibility: edited by Magali A. Delmas, Oran R. Young.

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Leading scholars from economics, management studies, and political science suggest effective environmental policies to mitigate human impact on the environment.  Read more...

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