Through theoretical discussions and case studies, this volume
explores how processes of contestation about knowledge, norms, and
governance processes shape efforts to promote sustainability
through international environmental governance. The epistemic
communities literature of the 1990s highlighted the importance of
expert consensus on scientific knowledge for problem definition and
solution specification in international environmental agreements.
This book addresses a gap in this literature - insufficient
attention to the multiple forms of contestation that also inform
international environmental governance. These forms include
within-discipline contestation that helps forge expert consensus,
inter-disciplinary contestation regarding the types of expert
knowledge needed for effective response to environmental problems,
normative and practical arguments about the proper roles of experts
and laypersons, and contestation over how to combine globally
developed norms and scientific knowledge with locally prevalent
norms and traditional knowledge in ways ensuring effective
implementation of environmental policies. This collection advances
understanding of the conditions under which contestation
facilitates or hinders the development of effective global
environmental governance. The contributors examine how attempts to
incorporate more than one stream of expert knowledge and to include
lay knowledge alongside it have played out in efforts to create and
maintain multilateral agreements relating to environmental
concerns. It will interest scholars and graduate students of
political science, global governance, international environmental
politics, and global policy making. Policy analysts should also
find it useful.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Transforming Environmental Politics and Policy |
Release date: |
2019 |
First published: |
2019 |
Editors: |
M.J Peterson
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
206 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-05473-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-05473-9 |
Barcode: |
9781138054738 |
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