Environmental Governance Reconsidered : Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities

by Robert F. Durant, Daniel J. Fiorino and Rosemary O'Leary (Eds.)

• ISBN13: 9780262541749
• ISBN10: 0262541742
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

This survey of current issues and controversies in environmental policy and management is unique in its thematic mix, broad coverage of key debates and approaches, and in-depth analysis of concepts treated less thoroughly in other texts. The contributing authors, all distinguished scholars or practitioners, offer a comprehensive examination of key topics in environmental governance today, including perspectives from environmental economics, democratic theory, public policy, law, political science, and public administration. Environmental Governance Reconsideredis the first book to integrate these wide-ranging topics and perspectives thematically in one volume. Many are calling for a change in the bureaucratic, adversarial, technology-based regulatory approach that is the basis for much environmental policy -- a move from "rule-based" to "results-based" regulation. Each of the thirteen chapters in Environmental Governance Reconsideredcritically examines one aspect of this "second generation" of environmental reform, assesses its promise-versus-performance to date, and points out future challenges and opportunities. The first section of the book, "Reconceptualizing Purpose," discusses the concepts of sustainability, global interdependence, the precautionary principle, and common pool resource theory. The second section, "Reconnecting with Stakeholders," examines deliberative democracy, civic environmentalism, environmental justice, property rights and regulatory takings, and environmental conflict resolution. The final section, "Redefining Administrative Rationality," analyzes devolution, regulatory flexibility, pollution prevention, and third-party environmental management systems auditing. This book will benefit students, scholars, managers, natural resource specialists, policymakers, and reformers and is ideal for class adoption.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Reconceptualizing Purpose	p. 29
Sustainability	p. 35
Global Interdependence	p. 69
The Precautionary Principle	p. 105
Common-Pool Resource Theory	p. 145
Reconnecting with Stakeholders	p. 177
Deliberative Democracy	p. 183
Civic Environmentalism	p. 219
Environmental Justice	p. 255
Property Rights and Regulatory Takings	p. 289
Environmental Conflict Resolution	p. 323
Redefining Administrative Rationality	p. 355
Devolution	p. 361
Flexibility	p. 393
Pollution Prevention	p. 427
Third-Party Auditing of Environmental Management Systems	p. 455
Conclusion	p. 483
About the Contributors	p. 527
Index	p. 531
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