Lennart J. Lundqvist is Professor of Environmental Politics and Administration in the Deparment of Political Science at Goteborg University

• 1 Where the grass is greener: criteria for ecologically rational governance2 ‘Nested enterprises’? spatial dimensions of ecological governance3 Up or down with the ecology cycle? strategies for temporally rational ecological governance4 The commons of governing - the knowledge base of ecological governance5 Governing in common – integration and effectiveness in ecological governance 6 Democracy and ecological governance – a balancing act7 Where the buck stops: governmental power and authority in democratic ecological governance 8 Straddling the fence: on the possibility of sustainability and democracy in advanced industrial nations

Lennart J. Lundqvist is Professor of Environmental Politics and Administration in the Deparment of Political Science at Goteborg University

• 1 Where the grass is greener: criteria for ecologically rational governance2 ‘Nested enterprises’? spatial dimensions of ecological governance3 Up or down with the ecology cycle? strategies for temporally rational ecological governance4 The commons of governing - the knowledge base of ecological governance5 Governing in common – integration and effectiveness in ecological governance 6 Democracy and ecological governance – a balancing act7 Where the buck stops: governmental power and authority in democratic ecological governance 8 Straddling the fence: on the possibility of sustainability and democracy in advanced industrial nations

Lennart J. Lundqvist is Professor of Environmental Politics and Administration in the Deparment of Political Science at Goteborg University

• 1 Where the grass is greener: criteria for ecologically rational governance2 ‘Nested enterprises’? spatial dimensions of ecological governance3 Up or down with the ecology cycle? strategies for temporally rational ecological governance4 The commons of governing - the knowledge base of ecological governance5 Governing in common – integration and effectiveness in ecological governance 6 Democracy and ecological governance – a balancing act7 Where the buck stops: governmental power and authority in democratic ecological governance 8 Straddling the fence: on the possibility of sustainability and democracy in advanced industrial nations