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In the midst of human-induced global climate change, powerful
industrialized nations and rapidly industrializing nations are
still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Even if we arrive at a
Hubbert's peak for oil extraction in the 21st century, the
availability of technologically recoverable coal and natural gas
will mean that fossil fuels continue to be burned for many years to
come, and our civilization will have to deal with the consequences
far into the future. Climate change will not discriminate between
rich and poor nations, and yet the UN-driven process of negotiating
a global climate governance regime has hit serious roadblocks. This
book takes a trans-disciplinary perspective to identify the causes
of failure in developing an international climate policy regime and
lays out a roadmap for developing a post-Kyoto (post-2012) climate
governance regime in the light of lessons learned from the Kyoto
phase. Three critical policy analytical lenses are used to evaluate
the inherent complexity of designing post-Kyoto climate policy: the
politics of scale; the politics of ideology; and the politics of
knowledge. The politics of scale lens focuses on the theme of
temporal and spatial discounting observed in human societies and
how it impacts the allocation of environmental commons and natural
resources across space and time. The politics of ideology lens
focuses on the themes of risk and uncertainty perception in
complex, pluralistic human societies. The politics of knowledge
lens focuses on the themes of knowledge and power dynamics in terms
of governance and policy designs, such as marketization of climate
governance observed in the Kyoto institutional regime.
In the midst of human-induced global climate change, powerful
industrialized nations and rapidly industrializing nations are
still heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Even if we arrive at a
Hubbert's peak for oil extraction in the 21st century, the
availability of technologically recoverable coal and natural gas
will mean that fossil fuels continue to be burned for many years to
come, and our civilization will have to deal with the consequences
far into the future. Climate change will not discriminate between
rich and poor nations, and yet the UN-driven process of negotiating
a global climate governance regime has hit serious roadblocks. This
book takes a trans-disciplinary perspective to identify the causes
of failure in developing an international climate policy regime and
lays out a roadmap for developing a post-Kyoto (post-2012) climate
governance regime in the light of lessons learned from the Kyoto
phase. Three critical policy analytical lenses are used to evaluate
the inherent complexity of designing post-Kyoto climate policy: the
politics of scale; the politics of ideology; and the politics of
knowledge. The politics of scale lens focuses on the theme of
temporal and spatial discounting observed in human societies and
how it impacts the allocation of environmental commons and natural
resources across space and time. The politics of ideology lens
focuses on the themes of risk and uncertainty perception in
complex, pluralistic human societies. The politics of knowledge
lens focuses on the themes of knowledge and power dynamics in terms
of governance and policy designs, such as marketization of climate
governance observed in the Kyoto institutional regime.
What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common?
Their work is undertaken within networks formed when different
organizations align to accomplish a policy function. This second
edition of Governance Networks in Public Administration and Public
Policy offers a conceptual framework for describing governance
networks and provides a theoretical and empirical foundation in
their construction. Based on research and real-life experience, the
book highlights the interplay between public actors and policy
tools, details the skills and functions of public administrators in
the context of networked relationships, and identifies the reforms
and trends in governing that lead to governance networks. This
practical text makes complex concepts accessible, so that readers
can engage in them, apply them, and deepen their understanding of
the dynamics unfolding around them. This second edition includes: A
dedicated chapter on "complexity friendly" meso-level theories to
examine core questions facing governance network analysis. New
applications drawn from the authors' own work in watershed
governance, transportation planning, food systems development,
electric energy distribution, the regulation of energy, and
response and recovery from natural disasters, as well as from
unique computational modeling of governance networks. Instructor
and student support materials, including PowerPoint (R)
presentations and writable case study templates, may be found on an
accompanying eResource page. Governance Networks in Public
Administration and Public Policy, 2e is an indispensable core text
for graduate and postgraduate courses on governance and
collaboration in schools of Public Administration/Management and
Public Policy.
Scale is an overlooked issue in the research on interactive
governance. This book takes up the important task of investigating
the scalar dimensions of collaborative governance in networks,
partnerships, and other interactive arenas and explores the
challenges of operating at a single scale, across or at multiple
scales and of moving between scales. First published as a special
issue of Policy & Politics, the volume explores the role of
scale and scaling in a wide range of policy areas, including
employment policy, water management, transportation planning,
public health, university governance, artistic markets, child
welfare and humanitarian relief. Cases are drawn from Asia,
Australia, Europe, and North and South America and span all levels
from local to global. Together, the theoretical framework and the
empirical case studies sensitize us to the tensions that arise
between scales of governance and to the challenges of shifting from
one scale of governance to another.
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