ISBN:
9781108352000
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (316 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
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Keywords:
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Abstract:
This book explains why governance is polycentric and what that means in practice, using examples of complex natural resource management.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Present Time and Motivation for This Book -- Statement of Purpose -- Selective Review of Recent Work Referring to Polycentric Governance -- Natural Resources - Especially Water - As a Setting for Analysing Polycentric Governance -- Preview -- Part I Foundations for Understanding and Researching Polycentric Governance -- Overview -- 1 An Introduction to Polycentricity and Governance -- 1.1 Polycentricity in Science, Local Politics, and Governance -- 1.1.1 Expanded Understanding of Governance -- 1.1.2 Polycentric Systems and Arrangements -- 1.1.3 Monocentric and Unitary Governments -- 1.1.4 Governance and Collective Goods -- 1.1.5 Review of Concepts -- 1.2 Identifying the Characteristics of Polycentric Governance -- 1.2.1 Central Aspects -- 1.2.2 Common Aspects -- 1.2.3 Dimensions of Polycentric Order -- 1.2.4 Polycentric Governance Systems -- 1.3 Dimensions of Polycentric Governance -- 2 Seeing Polycentrically: Examining Governance Situations Using a Polycentricity Lens -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Questions about the Centres Themselves -- 2.3 Questions about the Social Problem Characteristics -- 2.4 Questions about Independence and Interdependence among Centres -- 2.5 Questions about Coordination -- 2.6 Questions about Emergence, Transition, and Decline -- 2.7 Questions about Effects -- 2.8 Conclusion -- 3 Foundational Aspects of Polycentric Governance: Overarching Rules, Social-Problem Characteristics, and Heterogeneity -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Polycentric Governance as Dependent and Independent Variables and Its Internal Dynamics -- 3.3 The Overarching Rules of Polycentric Governance -- 3.3.1 General and Domain-Specific Rules.
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