Agency in Earth system governance / edited by Michele M. Betsill, Colorado State University, Tabitha M. Benney, University of Utah, Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona.
Introduction : Agency in Earth System Governance / Michele M. Betsill, Tabitha M. Benney, Andrea K. Gerlak, Calum Brown, Sander Chan, Okechukwu Enechi, Ronald B. Mitchell, Ina Moller, James J. Patterson, Michelle Scobie, Sandra van der Hel and Oscar E. Widerberg -- Conceptualizing Agency and Agents in Earth System Governance / Michelle Scobie, Tabitha M. Benney, Cakyn Brown and Oscar E. Widerberg -- Theories and Methods of Agency Research in Earth System Governance / Tabitha M. Benney, Amandine Orsini, Devon Cantwell and Laura Iozzelli -- How Geographies and Issues Matter in ESG-Agency Research / Andrea K. Gerlak, Megan Mills-Novoa, Alison Elder, Okechukwu Enechi, Pritee Sharma and Kanak Singh -- Power (ful) and Power (less) : A Review of Power in the ESG-Agency Scholarship / Andrea K. Gerlak, Thomas R. Eimer, Marie-Claire Brisbois, Megan Mills-Novoa, Luuk Schmitz, Jorrit Luimers and Paivi Abernethy -- The Performance of Agency in Earth System Governance / Michele M. Betsill and Manjana Milkoreit -- Agency and Knowledge in Environmental Governance : A Thematic Review / Manjana Milkoreit, Jennifer S. Bansard and Sandra van der Hel -- Agency and Architecture : Producing Stability and Change / James J. Patterson -- Agency in a Multiscalar World / Michelle Scobie, Michele M. Betsill and Hyeyoon Park -- Agency and Norms : Who Defines What Ought to Be? / Michael Angstadt and Ina Moller -- Agency in the Allocation of and Access to Natural Resources / Pritee Sharma, Okechukwy Enechi, and Salla Nithyanth Kumar -- Agency and Adaptiveness : Navigating Change and Transformation / James J. Patterson -- Accountability in the Governance of Global Change / Caum Brown and Michelle Scobie / How to Evaluate Agents and Agency / Sander Chan and Ronald B. Mitchell -- Conclusion : Policy Implications of ESG-Agency Research and Reflections on the Road Ahead / Andrea K. Gerlak, Michele M. Betsill, James J. Patterson, Sander Chan, Tabitha M. Benney, Marie-Claire Brisbois, Thomas R. Eimer, and Michelle Scobie.
Summary:
"The modern era is facing unprecedented governance challenges in striving to achieve long-term sustainability goals and to limit human impacts on the earth system. This volume synthesizes a decade of multidisciplinary research into how diverse actors exercise authority in environmental decision making, and their capacity to deliver effective, legitimate and equitable earth system governance. Actors from the global to the local level are considered, including governments, international organizations and corporations. Chapters cover how state and non-state actors engage with decision-making processes, the relationship between agency and structure, and the variations in governance and agency across different spheres and tiers of society. Providing an overview of the major questions, issues and debates, as well as the theories and methods used in studies of agency in earth system governance, this book provides a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers, as well as practitioners and policy makers working in environmental governance"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.