The Politics of Participation in Sustainable Development Governance

The politics of participation in sustainable development governance......Page 4
Table of contents......Page 6
List of tables and figures......Page 8
About the contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
List of acronyms......Page 15
Introduction......Page 18
Understanding enfranchisement......Page 19
Can all actors be enfranchised?......Page 23
Obstacles to enfranchisement......Page 24
Developing country delegates......Page 25
Non-state actors......Page 27
Scientists......Page 30
Notes......Page 33
Part I: Actors......Page 36
Introduction......Page 38
Sustainable development governance......Page 40
Climate change - The problem......Page 41
Climate change negotiations......Page 42
Proposing policies......Page 43
Voting/membership......Page 46
Reporting......Page 47
The structural imbalance in negotiation......Page 48
The handicapped coalition-building power......Page 49
The handicapped negotiation power......Page 50
Increasingly disenfranchised......Page 51
Notes......Page 53
Introduction......Page 57
The ceding of sovereignty: An overall problematique......Page 59
The FTAA: A regional agreement with global implications......Page 62
Institutionalised pathways......Page 63
Non-institutional pathways......Page 65
Institutionalised pathways......Page 66
Non-institutional pathways......Page 69
Prospects......Page 70
Civil society and the global governance agenda......Page 71
Cardoso and after......Page 73
Conclusion......Page 76
Notes......Page 77
Introduction......Page 79
Corporate social responsibility and related international codes......Page 82
Regulatory implications of stakeholder engagement......Page 89
Towards deeper institutionalisation of corporate responsibility: An overview of various stakeholders’ preferences......Page 91
Large corporations and sustainability consultants......Page 92
Small businesses and trade unions......Page 93
Consumers......Page 94
Post-WSSD developments......Page 95
Boundary areas of legislation: Company laws and trade laws......Page 96
Further enfranchisement of developing country stakeholders......Page 99
Conclusions......Page 101
Notes......Page 102
Introduction......Page 107
What is ‘‘scientific knowledge’’ and what is its role in international decision-making?......Page 108
Institutional pathways bridging scientific knowledge and international policy-making......Page 110
Participation, legitimacy and developing nations: How consensual is ‘‘consensual knowledge’’?......Page 113
Barriers to participation for scientists from developing countries......Page 115
Traditional knowledge and assessments......Page 118
Conclusion......Page 119
Notes......Page 122
Introduction......Page 125
Decolonisation: Full enfranchisement......Page 128
Global governance and indigenous peoples: The current situation......Page 129
Institutional pathways......Page 132
Barriers to effective participation in institutional pathways......Page 136
A special note on the participation of indigenous women......Page 138
Non-institutional pathways......Page 139
Indigenous declarations......Page 140
The Call of the Earth/Llamado de la Tierra Initiative......Page 141
Decolonising international environmental policy-making......Page 144
Notes......Page 146
Part II: Models......Page 148
Introduction......Page 150
The civil society international trade community......Page 151
External versus internal tensions......Page 153
WTO institutional mechanisms - Modalities of participation......Page 155
Dispute settlement......Page 159
The Cancun Ministerial......Page 161
Conclusions......Page 162
Acknowledgements......Page 163
Notes......Page 164
7 The politics of inclusion in the Monterrey Process......Page 170
What Monterrey delivered in policy reform......Page 172
How the Monterrey Process evolved......Page 176
A different approach to UN diplomacy......Page 178
Engaging stakeholders in the new UN process......Page 181
Backsliding after the conference......Page 186
Conclusion: Lessons for continued dialogue......Page 190
Notes......Page 192
Introduction......Page 196
Background and history......Page 197
Purpose and scope......Page 199
The significance of the Åarhus Convention for sustainable development governance......Page 203
The potential impact of the Åarhus Convention on supra-national and inter-governmental governance processes......Page 204
The global relevance and influence of the Åarhus Convention as a model for enhancing civil society participation......Page 207
Conclusions and recommendations......Page 215
Notes......Page 217
Objectives and analytical approach......Page 221
Coping with disenfranchisement: In search of approaches for enfranchisement......Page 224
Performance requirements......Page 226
Process stages in the climate talks: The general pattern......Page 227
Process conditions for enfranchisement......Page 229
What can be done? Empowerment approaches......Page 237
Four options for enfranchisement......Page 238
Notes......Page 242
Introduction......Page 244
Developing countries......Page 247
Civil society and other non-state actors......Page 256
Notes......Page 262
Index......Page 264