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Governance steht als Oberbegriff für die Gesamtheit der Formen, mit denen das kollektive und interdependente Handeln von Akteuren und Organisationen koordiniert werden kann. Der Governance-Begriff macht auf ein Doppeltes aufmerksam: Kollektives Handeln zur Erfüllung öffentlicher Aufgaben ist heutzutage in komplexe Strukturen eingebettet und erfolgt über die Kombination unterschiedlicher Steuerungsmodi. Räume und Regionen sind soziale Konstrukte in dem Sinne, als dass sie erst über das soziale Handeln von Akteuren konstituiert werden.

How can international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations (UN) and their implementing partners be held accountable if their actions and policies violate fundamental human rights? This text provides a new conceptual framework to study pluralist accountability, whereby third parties hold IOs and their implementing partners accountable for human rights violations.

This book seeks to pose and explore a question that sheds light on the contested but largely cooperative nature of Arctic governance in the post-Cold War period: how does power matter - and how has it mattered - in shaping cross-border cooperation and diplomacy in the Arctic? Each chapter functions as a window through which power relations in the Arctic are explored. Issues include how representing the Arctic region matters for securing preferred outcomes, how circumpolar cooperation is marked by regional hierarchies and how Arctic governance has become a global social site in its own right, replete with disciplining norms for steering diplomatic behaviour. This book draws upon Russia's role in the Arctic Council as an extended case study and examines how Arctic cross-border governance can be understood as a site of competition over the exercise of authority

The Lake Governance book will focus on comparative analysis of governance structures by examining policy, legal and institutional structures of current transboundary commissions to develop a common framework for good governance of transboundary lakes. Cooperation among nations sharing natural resources is important for sustainable use of the shared resources. Lakes contribute a big part to GDP in most of the countries and in some cases are also responsible for providing fisheries (for food, source of protein and livelihood) Climate change and associated risks and uncertainties add more complexity to the problems. This book will explore current water governance challenges, knowledge gaps and recommend a framework for good lake governance.

"Collaborative Governance" published on by Oxford University Press.

Die eingetragene Genossenschaft ist legislatorisch defizitär geregelt; sie steht auch nicht im Fokus der Rechtswissenschaft. Dieses juristische Desinteresse an der genossenschaftlichen Rechtsform steht im Gegensatz zu ihrer unverändert großen volkswirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung. Vor diesem Hintergrund versucht Christian Picker in seiner grundlagenorientierten, rechts- und rechtsformvergleichenden sowie interdisziplinär ausgerichteten Arbeit, das normative Leitbild »Genossenschaft« zu bestimmen und anschließend ein systemgerechtes und funktionales Modell einer Cooperative Governance zu entwerfen. Genossenschaften sind danach so zu organisieren, dass sie ihren charakteristischen und konstitutiven Verbandszweck verwirklichen können: Sie müssen ihre Mitglieder – und nur diese – nutzerbezogen als Kunden fördern.

"Global Governance" published on by Oxford University Press.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations & -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Section One: A Conceptual Basis for Understanding Governance of Transitions and Transitions of Governance -- Chapter 1: The Governance of Transitions and the Transitions of Governance -- Chapter 2: Learning Required for Sustainable Transition -- Section Two: Rules of Engagement Derived from Case Studies in Southern Africa -- Chapter 3: Co-produced Spaces for Community-Based Tourism -- Chapter 4: Impediments to Meaningful Municipal Participatory Budgeting -- Chapter 5: Delivering the Post-2015 Development Agenda -- Chapter 6: Public Sector Reforms and Limits of Institutional Mimicking -- Chapter 7: Morality, Corruption and Trust -- Section Three: Spaces of Engagement: Learning by Doing and Doing by Learning -- Chapter 8: Managing the Energy-Food-Water Nexus in Developing Countries -- Chapter 9: City Government Resilience, Smart Cities and Big Data -- Chapter 10: Renewable Energy for the Hessequa Municipality -- Conclusion -- About the Editors -- About the Authors.

Introduction -- The Nature of Cities and the Mission of Governance -- Institutional Change of Urban Governance in China -- Integrated Governance: An Explanatory Framework -- Municipal-County Relations: Dividing and Governing Municipalities or Mixed Model -- Institutional Development of Cross-border Governance in American Cities -- Institutional Development of Urban Cross-sectoral Synergy -- Reform of Urban Street Management System -- Urban Community Service and Public Space Construction -- Systematic Comparison of Municipal Performance Evaluation.

Both firms and governments are increasingly taking steps to address sustainability, and at the same time the issue of governance has become more prominent due to the numerous problems in public and business life which have manifest failures in governance. As initiatives for sustainability increase in importance and prominence, so has the need for governance of sustainability plans and actions. This volume of Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility responds to that need and focuses on the relations between governance and sustainability. The book looks at what has been happening in various locations around the world, identifying varying approaches and examining whether and how a best practice could be developed. Gathering contributions that are varied in scope and produced by authors from around the world, it provides a rich picture of the progress (or lack of progress) being made in a wide array of contexts. For its depth and broad scope, Governance and Sustainability is a must-read for researchers, students, and practitioners interested in sustainability and corporate social responsibility.