Governance for the Environment: New Perspectives

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 9
Tables......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Part I Central threads and analytic perspectives......Page 15
The paradox of rising demand and waning confidence......Page 17
New approaches to governance......Page 20
The shape of things to come......Page 23
Introduction......Page 26
The demand for governance......Page 28
Solving collective-action problems......Page 29
Extending the logic of collective action......Page 30
The rising demand for governance......Page 32
The supply of governance......Page 34
Governance by government......Page 36
Governance by intergovernmental agreement......Page 37
Private governance......Page 38
Governance by civil society......Page 40
Hybrid mechanisms......Page 42
Effectiveness as problem-solving......Page 44
Good governance......Page 46
Macro-level consequences......Page 47
Governance failures......Page 49
Research frontiers......Page 51
Concluding remarks......Page 53
Part II Governance for solving environmental problems: perspectives from economics, political science, and management......Page 55
Introduction......Page 57
The economic approach to environmental governance......Page 58
Environmental economics......Page 61
Instrument choice......Page 63
Monitoring and enforcement......Page 66
The political economy of environmental policy......Page 68
Voluntary approaches to environmental protection......Page 70
Self-regulation......Page 71
Public voluntary programs......Page 74
Negotiated agreements......Page 75
Voluntary approaches: a summary......Page 76
The new institutional economics of the environment......Page 77
Directions for future research......Page 80
Introduction......Page 83
Defining environmental governance......Page 85
Pressures toward hybrid forms of environmental governance......Page 87
The terrain of environmental governance......Page 91
Limitations of hybrid governance strategies......Page 94
Not all governance is equal: North-South tensions......Page 100
Global climate change......Page 103
Mitigation......Page 105
Adaptation......Page 106
Ecosystem degradation......Page 107
Conclusions......Page 109
Introduction......Page 112
Drivers of self-regulation in modern industries: when do self-regulatory institutions arise?......Page 115
Common sanctions......Page 116
Asymmetric information......Page 118
Institutionalization......Page 119
Strategic choice......Page 121
Empirical evidence of power: assessing the effectiveness of self-regulating institutions......Page 123
Summary and future directions......Page 126
Part III The effectiveness of governance for sustainable development......Page 131
Introduction......Page 133
The actors in global environmental governance......Page 135
Corporations and global environmental governance......Page 138
Civil society actors in global environmental governance......Page 144
Power and influence in global environmental governance......Page 149
The significance of non-state actors in global environmental governance......Page 153
Introduction......Page 158
Public voluntary programs......Page 161
Industry association programs......Page 174
Third-party initiatives......Page 176
Measures of effectiveness of voluntary environmental initiatives......Page 177
Motivations for participation in voluntary environmental initiatives......Page 181
Participation in public voluntary programs......Page 182
Participation in industry association programs......Page 184
Participation in third-party initiatives......Page 185
Effectiveness of voluntary environmental initiatives......Page 186
Effectiveness of industry association programs......Page 191
Evidence from third-party initiatives......Page 192
Evidence from firm-structured initiatives......Page 194
Conclusions......Page 195
Introduction......Page 197
The rise of non-state market-driven (NSMD) global governance......Page 201
Toward an analytical classification framework......Page 204
Background factors......Page 206
Phase I: The NSMD certification solution......Page 207
Initial support......Page 208
Phase II: Assessing patterns of divergence and convergence......Page 209
The future?......Page 211
The problem......Page 212
Background factors......Page 213
Socially responsible stream......Page 216
Environmental stream......Page 218
Initial support......Page 221
The problem......Page 222
Background factors......Page 223
Phase I: The NSMD certification solution......Page 224
Initial support......Page 225
Phase II: Assessing patterns of divergence and convergence......Page 226
The future?......Page 227
 Conclusions......Page 228
Appendix......Page 230
Part IV Conclusion......Page 233
Actors and governance......Page 235
Incentive mechanisms for environmental governance......Page 237
Challenges associated with the assessment of the effectiveness of environmental governance......Page 238
Institutional factors and environmental voluntary agreements......Page 241
Investors......Page 243
Consumers......Page 245
Opening the organizational black box......Page 246
\"Compare and combine\" governance mechanisms......Page 249
Conclusions......Page 250
References......Page 253
Index......Page 289