Overview
- Presents a timely study, making use of the two-decade interim between the present and the Rio Earth Summit
- Focuses on governance in areas of limited statehood, where much of the surrounding literature focuses on countries with consolidated statehood
- Comparatively analyses and contests sustainability governance in this context, fulfilling a research need
Part of the book series: Governance and Limited Statehood (GLS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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New Modes of Governance at the Transnational Level
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Sustainability Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood
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About this book
The contributors to this book critically examine the performance of new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood, drawing on a range of in-depth case studies on issues of climate change, biodiversity, and health. The Paris Agreement for Climate Change or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rely on new modes of governance for implementation. New modes of governance such as market-based instruments, public-private partnerships or stakeholder participation initiatives have been praised for playing a pivotal role in effective and legitimate sustainability governance. Yet, do they also deliver in areas of limited statehood? States such as Malaysia or the Dominican Republic partly lack the ability to implement and enforce rules; their domestic sovereignty is limited. Exploring this perspective on governance, the authors demonstrate that areas of limited statehood are not ungoverned or ungovernable spaces. The book elaborates how and under what conditions new modes of governance emerge in areas of limited statehood, and examines their relative effectiveness.
Reviews
“The analysis of new modes of governance has become one of the most fruitful areas in International Relations research. Yet so far, most studies have focused on industrialized countries and stable democracies. Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood now makes a crucial new contribution to this debate by expanding the analysis to areas and sectors where traditional state authority is weak or non-existent. The authors convincingly show in numerous rich case studies how and under what conditions new modes of governance can successfully operate also in areas of limited statehood. This timely volume is hence a vital contribution to one of the most fascinating debates in both international relations and sustainability governance research, and will be highly useful to theorists and practitioners alike.” (Frank Bierman, Utrecht University, Netherlands)
“What are the prospects for sustainable governance in areas of limited statehood? How do polycentric modes of governance, popularized after the Paris Climate Change Agreement, with their reliance of various soft-forms of powers, operate in areas of limited statehood? These timely and important questions are seriously addressed by this collection of talented and imaginative junior scholars. They find that general governance functions and mechanisms still operate in these regions in local and specific ways, although there are opportunities for their improvement. It is not just the state which is essential for promoting sustainability but also constellations of non-state actors who can and do contribute meaningfully to sustainability efforts in the world’s poorest countries.” (Peter M. Haas, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Alejandro Esguerra is a post-doctoral researcher with the research group ‘Wicked Problems, Contested Administration: Knowledge, Coordination, Strategy’ at the University of Potsdam, Germany. His work is concerned with the role of knowledge in international relations theory, transnational private governance, and epistemic authority in global environmental politics.
Nicole Helmerich is a post-doctoral researcher at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany. Her work revolves around the role of business in transnational governance, transnational private regulation, corporate responsibility, transnational workers’ rights, and good corporate governance.
Thomas Risse is Professor of International Relations at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He is co-ordinator of the Research Center 700 'Governance of Areas of Limited Statehood' and co-director of the Research College 'Transformative Power of Europe', both funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood
Book Subtitle: Contesting the New Modes of Governance
Editors: Alejandro Esguerra, Nicole Helmerich, Thomas Risse
Series Title: Governance and Limited Statehood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39871-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39870-9Published: 05 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81984-6Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39871-6Published: 25 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2947-8944
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8952
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 238
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, International Organization, Comparative Politics, Climate Change Management and Policy, Sustainability Management