Table Of ContentENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS
Encyclopedia of Global
Environmental Governance and
Politics
Edited by
Philipp H. Pattberg
Professor, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
and
Fariborz Zelli
Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden
Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA
© Philipp H. Pattberg and Fariborz Zelli 2015
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Contents
Alphabetical list of entries x
List of figures and tables xiv
List of editors and contributors xv
Preface xxx
PART I CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS
1 Anthropocene and planetary boundaries 3
Victor Galaz
2 Consumerism 9
Jane Lister
3 Earth system governance 16
Frank Biermann
4 Environment and nature 22
Paul Wapner
5 Global environmental governance 28
Philipp Pattberg and Oscar Widerberg
6 Inclusive development 35
Joyeeta Gupta, Vincent Cornelissen and Mirjam A.F. Ros-T onen
7 Liberal environmentalism and governance norms 45
Steven Bernstein
8 Risk 53
Ortwin Renn
9 Sustainable development 61
Joyeeta Gupta and Isa Baud
PART II THEORIES AND METHODS
10 Constructivism and sociological institutionalism 73
Gerry Nagtzaam
11 Cost- benefit analysis 81
Simon Dietz
12 Deep ecology 88
Kate Booth
13 Deliberative policy analysis 96
Hayley Stevenson
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14 Feminism 104
Annica Kronsell
15 Governmentality 111
Delf Rothe
16 Integrated assessment modeling 119
Detlef van Vuuren and Marcel Kok
17 Neo- Gramscianism 127
Chukwumerije Okereke
18 Neoliberal institutionalism 134
Thijs Van de Graaf
19 Qualitative comparative analysis 141
Olav Schram Stokke and Arild Underdal
20 Quantitative comparative analysis 148
Sijeong Lim and Aseem Prakash
21 Simulations 156
Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett
22 Teaching global environmental governance 161
Maria Ivanova
23 World society 175
David John Frank, Ann Hironaka and Evan Schofer
PART III ACTORS
24 Civil society 185
Karin Bäckstrand
25 European Union 192
Camilla Adelle, David Benson and Andrew Jordan
26 Individuals 200
Tom Oliver
27 International bureaucracies 206
Bernd Siebenhüner
28 Media 213
Marija Isailovic
29 Private sector 218
Jonatan Pinkse
30 Religious movements 225
Randolph Haluza- DeLay
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31 Scientists and experts 234
Silke Beck
32 States 240
Daniel Compagnon
33 United Nations 248
Liliana Andonova and Kathryn Chelminski
PART IV INSTITUTIONS
34 Clubs 261
Sylvia Karlsson- Vinkhuyzen
35 International organizations 269
Steffen Bauer
36 Mega- conferences 275
Sander Chan
37 Private environmental governance 281
Philipp Pattberg and Marija Isailovic
38 Public–private partnerships 289
Ayşem Mert
39 Regimes 295
Eleni Dellas
PART V ISSUE AREAS
40 Air pollution 307
Jørgen Wettestad
41 Arctic 315
Oscar Widerberg
42 Biological diversity 322
Kristin Rosendal and Morten Walløe Tvedt
43 Biosafety and genetically modified organisms 329
Aarti Gupta
44 Chemicals 338
Nils Simon
45 Climate change 347
Pier Vellinga
46 Desertification 356
Steffen Bauer
47 Fisheries and whaling 364
Olav Schram Stokke
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48 Forestry 373
Tobias Nielsen
49 Hazardous waste 380
Katja Biedenkopf
50 Ocean space 388
Jan Stel
51 Ozone depletion 398
Sophie Godin- Beekmann
52 Phosphorus 404
Dana Cordell and Stuart White
53 Renewable energy 416
Kacper Szulecki
54 Water 422
Erika Weinthal
55 Wetlands 431
Kenneth Genskow and Kyle Magyera
PART VI CROSS- CUTTING QUESTIONS AND EMERGING TOPICS
56 Effectiveness 441
Steinar Andresen
57 Environmental policy diffusion 447
Per- Olof Busch
58 Environmental policy integration 454
Camilla Adelle and Måns Nilsson
59 Green economy 461
Ulrich Brand and Miriam Lang
60 Institutional fragmentation 469
Fariborz Zelli
61 Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals 478
Marianne Beisheim
62 Orchestration 487
Kenneth W. Abbott
PART VII BORDERS AND INTERLINKAGES
63 Agriculture 499
Dominic Moran
64 Food 504
Jennifer Clapp
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65 Health 512
Kristina Jönsson
66 Poverty 519
Anne Jerneck and Lennart Olsson
67 Security 528
Rita Floyd
68 Trade 534
Robyn Eckersley
Index 545
Alphabetical list of entries
Chapter Author Nr Section Page
Agriculture Dominic Moran 63 Part VII Borders and 499
Interlinkages
Air pollution Jørgen Wettestad 40 Part V Issue Areas 307
Anthropocene and Victor Galaz 1 Part I Concepts and 3
planetary boundaries Definitions
Arctic Oscar Widerberg 41 Part V Issue Areas 315
Biological diversity Kristin Rosendal and 42 Part V Issue Areas 322
Morten Walløe Tvedt
Biosafety and genetically Aarti Gupta 43 Part V Issue Areas 329
modified organisms
Chemicals Nils Simon 44 Part V Issue Areas 338
Civil society Karin Bäckstrand 24 Part III Actors 185
Climate change Pier Vellinga 45 Part V Issue Areas 347
Clubs Sylvia 34 Part IV Institutions 261
Karlsson- Vinkhuyzen
Constructivism Gerry Nagtzaam 10 Part II Theories and 73
and sociological Methods
institutionalism
Consumerism Jane Lister 2 Part I Concepts and 9
Definitions
Cost- benefit analysis Simon Dietz 11 Part II Theories and 81
Methods
Deep ecology Kate Booth 12 Part II Theories and 88
Methods
Deliberative policy Hayley Stevenson 13 Part II Theories and 96
analysis Methods
Desertification Steffen Bauer 46 Part V Issue Areas 356
Earth system governance Frank Biermann 3 Part I Concepts and 16
Definitions
Effectiveness Steinar Andresen 56 Part VI Cross- Cutting 441
Questions and Emerging
Topics
Environment and nature Paul Wapner 4 Part I Concepts and 22
Definitions
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