The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance

Morrison, TH; Adger, WN; Brown, K; Lemos, MC; Huitema, D; Phelps, J; Evans, L; Cohen, P; Song, AM; Turner, R; Quinn, T; Hughes, TP

The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance

Morrison, TH Adger, WN Brown, K Lemos, MC Huitema, D Phelps, J Evans, L Cohen, P Song, AM Turner, R Quinn, T Hughes, TP

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Citation:: Global Environmental Change, 2019, 57, pp. 101934-101934
Issue Date:: 2019-07-01

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dc.contributor.author	Morrison, TH
dc.contributor.author	Adger, WN
dc.contributor.author	Brown, K
dc.contributor.author	Lemos, MC
dc.contributor.author	Huitema, D
dc.contributor.author	Phelps, J
dc.contributor.author	Evans, L
dc.contributor.author	Cohen, P
dc.contributor.author	Song, AM
dc.contributor.author	Turner, R
dc.contributor.author	Quinn, T
dc.contributor.author	Hughes, TP
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-21T08:56:19Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-21T08:56:19Z
dc.date.issued	2019-07-01
dc.identifier.citation	Global Environmental Change, 2019, 57, pp. 101934-101934
dc.identifier.issn	0959-3780
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141605
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 The Authors Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative—involves many centres of authority interacting coherently for a common governance goal. Yet, longitudinal analysis reveals many polycentric systems are struggling to cope with the growing impacts, pace, and scope of social and environmental change. Analytic shortcomings are also beginning to appear, particularly in the treatment of power. Here we draw together diverse social science perspectives and research into a variety of cases to show how different types of power shape rule setting, issue construction, and policy implementation in polycentric governance. We delineate an important and emerging research agenda for polycentric environmental governance, integrating diverse types of power into analytical and practical models.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartof	Global Environmental Change
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101934
dc.rights	Elsevier required licence: © 2019 . This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The definitive publisher version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101934	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.title	The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	57
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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dc.date.updated	2020-06-21T08:56:13Z
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Abstract:

© 2019 The Authors Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative—involves many centres of authority interacting coherently for a common governance goal. Yet, longitudinal analysis reveals many polycentric systems are struggling to cope with the growing impacts, pace, and scope of social and environmental change. Analytic shortcomings are also beginning to appear, particularly in the treatment of power. Here we draw together diverse social science perspectives and research into a variety of cases to show how different types of power shape rule setting, issue construction, and policy implementation in polycentric governance. We delineate an important and emerging research agenda for polycentric environmental governance, integrating diverse types of power into analytical and practical models.

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