State and environment: the comparative study of environmental governance
In: American and comparative environmental policy
In: American and comparative environmental policy
World Affairs Online
In: Environmental politics, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 69
ISSN: 0964-4016
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Band 94, Heft 2, S. 364-380
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Public administration: an international quarterly
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Band 92, Heft 2, S. 514-516
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Band 85, Heft 4, S. 1097-1118
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Stockholm studies in politics 89
In: Governance: an international journal of policy and administration and institutions, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 311-335
ISSN: 0952-1895
Unexpected epidemics, abrupt catastrophic shifts in biophysical systems, and economic crises that cascade across national borders and regions are events that challenge the steering capacity of governance at all political levels. This article seeks to extend the applicability of governance theory by developing hypotheses about how different governance types can be expected to handle processes of change characterized by nonlinear dynamics, threshold effects, cascades, and limited predictability. The first part of the article argues the relevance of a complex adaptive system approach and goes on to review how well governance theory acknowledges the intriguing behavior of complex adaptive systems. In the second part, we develop a typology of governance systems based on their adaptive capacities. Finally, we investigate how combinations of governance systems on different levels buffer or weaken the capacity to govern complex adaptive systems. Adapted from the source document.
In: Marine policy: the international journal of ocean affairs, Band 70, S. 49-57
ISSN: 0308-597X
In: Environmental politics, Band 25, Heft 1, S. 1
ISSN: 0964-4016
In: British journal of political science, S. 1-26
ISSN: 0007-1234