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Handbook on the Governance of Sustainable Development

9781789904314 Edward Elgar Publishing

Edited by Duncan Russel, Professor of Environmental Policy and Nick Kirsop-Taylor, Lecturer in Public Policy and Administration, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, UK

Publication Date: 2022 ISBN: 978 1 78990 431 4 Extent: 352 pp

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This Handbook brings together state-of-the-art contributions and international insights outlining the key theoretical developments and empirical findings related to sustainable development and governance. Providing both an overview and deep dive into the topic, it demonstrates how the concept of sustainable development and governance has led to multiple responses in both the academic and policy world from a theoretical, conceptual and operational viewpoint.

Drawing on a wide range of perspectives, leading contributors examine global research on the governance of sustainable development, spanning disciplines including politics, public policy, international relations, environmental science and human geography. Providing an in-depth examination of current ongoing challenges such as climate change, trade and poverty, the Handbook investigates both collaborative approaches for sustainable development governance and policy innovation and integration. Furthermore, chapters utilise global case studies in action, exploring governance by international and non-government organisations and illustrating their key findings.

Providing an interdisciplinary perspective, this Handbook will be a critical resource for research students of sustainable development and environmental governance as well as established researchers in the field. Scholars of politics and public policy will find the case studies informative and illuminating.

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‘It is abundantly clear that sustainability transformations will not happen of their own accord; they must be actively guided by coalitions of actors working together. This wonderful new Handbook brings the challenges of governing for sustainability into sharp focus, drawing on practical insights of transformations in many different sectors, countries and levels of governing.’
– Andrew Jordan, University of East Anglia, UK

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Contributors: Camilla Adelle, Haley N. Anderson, Therese Bjärstig, Koen Dekeyser, Katarina Eckerberg, Charles Ogheneruonah Eghweree, Oliver Fritsch, Chenyang He, Mikael Hildén, Michael Howlett, Ida Soltvedt Hvinden, Osaruonamen Daisy Igbinovia, Nick Kirsop-Taylor, Harlan Koff, Andrea Lenschow, Pansy Hon Ying Li, Yanhong Liu, Carlos Wing-Hung Lo, Thomas Macagno, Helle Ørsted Nielsen, Raul Pacheco-Vega, Jan Pollex, Katharine Rietig, Svein Vigeland Rottem, Duncan Russel, Jonas J. Schoenefeld, Kai Schulze, Zachary A. Smith, Riku Varjopuro, Xueyong Zhan

Contents

Contents:

1 Introduction to the Handbook on the Governance of
Sustainable Development 1
Duncan Russel and Nick Kirsop-Taylor

PART I KEY ISSUES
2 Food and sustainable development governance 14
Camilla Adelle and Koen Dekeyser
3 Climate change and sustainable development governance 30
Helle Ørsted Nielsen
4 Biodiversity and sustainable development governance 48
Nick Kirsop-Taylor
5 Trade and sustainable development governance 65
Yanhong Liu
6 Poverty and sustainable development governance 79
Harlan Koff
7 Marine environment and sustainable development governance 95
Riku Varjopuro and Mikael Hildén
8 Terrestrial aquatic environments and sustainable development
governance 115
Oliver Fritsch

PART II GOVERNANCE APPROACHES
9 Policy integration for sustainable development governance 132
Duncan Russel
10 Policy instruments and policy implementation for sustainable
development governance 145
Michael Howlett
11 Policy innovation for sustainable development 161
Jonas Schoenefeld, Mikael Hildén and Kai Schulze
12 Collaborative approaches for sustainable development governance 175
Katarina Eckerberg and Therese Bjärstig

PART III CASE STUDIES
13 Sustainable development in action: international organisations 191
Katharina Rietig
14 Sustainable development governance in action:
non-governmental organizations 207
Raul Pacheco-Vega
15 Sustainable development in action: business 222
Thomas Macagno
16 Sustainable development in action: the Arctic Council 242
Ida Soltvedt Hvinden and Svein Vigeland Rottem
17 Sustainable development in action: European Union 259
Andrea Lenschow and Jan Pollex
18 Sustainable development governance in action: China 274
Carlos Wing-Hung Lo, Chenyang He, Xueyong Zhan and Pansy Hon
Ying Li
19 Sustainable development governance in action: the United States 294
Haley N. Anderson and Zachary A. Smith
20 Governance for sustainable development in action: Nigeria 305
Charles Ogheneruonah Eghweree and Osaruonamen Daisy
Igbinovia

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