Environmental Politics and Deliberative Democracy

Edited by Karin Bäckstrand, Professor, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Jamil Khan, Assistant Professor, Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund University, Annica Kronsell, Professor of Environmental Social Science, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg and Eva Lövbrand, Associate Professor, Department of Thematic Studies: Environmental Change, Linköping University, Sweden

'This book offers a rare, critical examination of the ''promise'' that new modes of governance - soft, flexible and collaborative - will counteract deficits in governance, legitimacy and implementation. The book is frames by a careful and scholarly review across three intersecting disciplines: green politics; deliberative democracy; and governance theory. . . . The book is clearly argued, usefully interdisciplinary and accessible without too much jargon. The case studies are interesting and relvant to the theory. . . The book provides a fascinating challenge to the normative view of the value of deliberation and new modes of governance in environmental and sustainability policy development and implementation. Scholars might like to read it in conjunction with the range of cases that provide stronger empirical evidence in support of the ''promise''.'--Laura Stocker, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management'This important new book provides an excellent critical evaluation of new modes of governance in environmental and sustainability policy. The multidisciplinary team of contributors combine fresh insights from all levels of governance all around a carefully crafted conceptual framework to advance our understanding of the effectiveness and legitimacy of new types of steering, including networks, public private partnerships, and multi-stakeholder dialogues. This is a crucial contribution to the field.'--Frank Biermann, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Contents: PrefacePART I: THEORIZING THE PROMISE OF NEW MODES OF GOVERNANCE1. The Promise of New Modes of Environmental GovernanceKarin Bäckstrand, Jamil Khan, Annica Kronsell and Eva Lövbrand2. Rationalities and Forms of Governance: A Framework for Analysing the Legitimacy of New Modes of GovernanceAnnica Kronsell and Karin Bäckstrand3. The Deliberative Turn in Green Political TheoryEva Lövbrand and Jamil KhanPART II: GLOBAL AND SUPRANATIONAL GOVERNANCE4. Weberian Climate Policy: Administrative Rationality Organized as a MarketJohannes Stripple5. The Legitimacy of Global Public–Private Partnerships on Climate and Sustainable DevelopmentKarin Bäckstrand6. Stakeholder Participation in the EU Governance of GMO in the Food ChainBeatrice Bengtsson and Mikael Klintman7. Participation under Administrative Rationality: Implementing the EU Water Framework Directive in ForestryLovisa HagbergPART III: STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE8. The Deliberative Turn in Swedish Sustainability Governance: Participation from Below or Governing from Above?Roger Hildingsson9. Old and New Forms of Governance of Food Technologies in Mid-20th Century SwedenGustav Holmberg10. Regulatory Challenges and Forest Governance in SwedenPeter Schlyter and Ingrid Stjernquist11. Local Climate Mitigation and Network Governance: Progressive Policy Innovation or Status Quo in Disguise?Jamil KhanPART IV: CONCLUSIONS12. Environmental Politics after the Deliberative TurnKarin Bäckstrand, Jamil Khan, Annica Kronsell and Eva LövbrandIndex