Environmental politics and governance in the Anthropocene : institutions and legitimacy in a complex world /

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Imprint:Abingdon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Description:xiv, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
Series:Routledge research in global environmental governance
Routledge research in global environmental governance.
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10492653
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Other authors / contributors:Pattberg, Philipp H., 1975- editor.
Zelli, Fariborz, editor.
ISBN:9781138902398
113890239X
9781315697468
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Global environmental governance in the Anthropocene: An introduction
  • Part I. Making Sense of the Anthropocene
  • 2. The Anthropocene and the body ecologic
  • 3. The sense of an ending? Nature and the Anthropocene
  • 4. Anthropocene: Delusion, celebration and concern
  • 5. A fair distribution within the Anthropocene: A normative conception of sustainable development
  • Part II. Institutions in the Anthropocene
  • 6. Mapping institutional complexity in the Anthropocene: A network approach
  • 7. Transnational governance towards sustainable biofuels: Exploring a polycentric view
  • 8. Governing the Artic in the era of the Anthropocene: Does corporate authority matter in Arctic shipping governance?
  • 9. International river governance: Extreme events as a trigger for discursive change in the Rhine river basin
  • Part III. Accountability and Legitimacy in the Anthropocene
  • 10. Democratic accountability in the Anthropocene: Toward a non-legislative model
  • 11. Monitoring commitments made under the Kyoto Protocol: An effective tool for accountability in the Anthropocene?
  • 12. The legitimacy and transformation of global climate governance in the Anthropocene: Implications for the global South
  • 13. The practices of lobbying for rights in the Anthropocene era: Local communities, indigenous peoples and international climate negotiations
  • 14. Conclusions: Complexity, responsibility and urgency in the Anthropocene