Kristine Kern - Böcker

Macro-regional strategies seek to improve the interplay of the EU with existing regimes and institutions, and foster coherence of transnational policies. Drawing on macro-regional governance and Europeanization, this edited volume provides an overview of processes of macro-regionalization in Europe displaying evidence of their significant impact.

�This is a very welcome volume, and it will reach a large audience and readership among those involved in these issues from a truly multidisciplinary perspective; in essence, a much needed book!� Erik Bonsdorff, professor of marine biology at �bo Akademi University, Finland�This timely volume provides a thorough account of how the highly advanced industrial societies seek to govern and manage the Baltic Sea. The way they proceed, and the degree to which they succeed, provide valuable lessons for riparian states seeking to avoid tragedies of their commons.� Lennart J. Lundqvist, professor of environmental policy and administration, University of Gothenburg, SwedenHow is a natural common pool resource such as a sea, which is shared by several countries, best governed? The potential for international conflict is immense, as each country may have different agendas with regard to issues such as exploitation and environmental protection.This book uses a case study of the Baltic Sea Region to examine this complex problem. The sea itself has been highly vulnerable to pollution and recently the bordering nations have begun to change their mode of cooperation to tackle this issue by establishing several new forums to manage the sea. Administrative and political structures developed in the region are reviewed and shown to provide a model that could be applied to other seas and natural resource systems elsewhere in the world.

Governing Europe's Marine Environment is a coherent up-to-date multidisciplinary analysis of current approaches and challenges to the sustainable governance of Europe's marine environment. Structured in three parts, Part 1 outlines general theoretical ideas about governance, governing, and governability and serves as a starting point for analysing the development of marine governance in Europe from the perspective of different disciplines. Part 2 includes studies of EU marine governance. Part 3 focuses on Europe's regional seas, namely the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. This book presents a better understanding of the fragmented governance of marine governance in Europe and in particular the tension between the Europeanization of regional seas and the regionalization of EU policies.

�This is a very welcome volume, and it will reach a large audience and readership among those involved in these issues from a truly multidisciplinary perspective; in essence, a much needed book!� Erik Bonsdorff, professor of marine biology at �bo Akademi University, Finland�This timely volume provides a thorough account of how the highly advanced industrial societies seek to govern and manage the Baltic Sea. The way they proceed, and the degree to which they succeed, provide valuable lessons for riparian states seeking to avoid tragedies of their commons.� Lennart J. Lundqvist, professor of environmental policy and administration, University of Gothenburg, SwedenHow is a natural common pool resource such as a sea, which is shared by several countries, best governed? The potential for international conflict is immense, as each country may have different agendas with regard to issues such as exploitation and environmental protection.This book uses a case study of the Baltic Sea Region to examine this complex problem. The sea itself has been highly vulnerable to pollution and recently the bordering nations have begun to change their mode of cooperation to tackle this issue by establishing several new forums to manage the sea. Administrative and political structures developed in the region are reviewed and shown to provide a model that could be applied to other seas and natural resource systems elsewhere in the world.

Die Diffusion politischer und institutioneller Innovationen ist leider ein in der Politikwissenschaft weitgehend vernachlässigtes Thema. Zwar wird die Be­ deutung externer Anstöße für die Entwicklung neuer Politikansätze bisweilen am Rande erwähnt, über diese eher randständige Stellung kommt das hier im Zentrum stehende Thema aber selten hinaus. Den deutlichen Defiziten bei der systematischen Analyse der verschiedenen Varianten der Politikdiffusion steht eine Entwicklung in der politischen Praxis gegenüber, die die Bedeu­ tung des Transfers von Politiken und institutionellen Arrangements immer wieder betont. Im Zuge der zunehmenden politischen und ökonomischen Globalisierung scheint das Thema sogar immer wichtiger zu werden. Dieses Buch hat eine lange Geschichte. Vielleicht hätte ich dieses Unter­ nehmen gar nicht erst in Angriff genommen, wäre mir damals klar gewesen, welche Anstrengungen erforderlich sein würden, um ein solches Vorhaben überhaupt realisieren zu können. Ausgangspunkt war ein Projekt zu den Ver­ fahren zur Festsetzung von Umweltstandards in der Schweiz, den Niederlan­ den und den USA, das ich von 1990 bis 1992, zusammen mit Wolfgang Jae­ dicke, am Institut für Stadtforschung und Strukturpolitik in Berlin be.arbeite­ te. Dabei stellte sich heraus, daß die Standardsetzung, gerade in den beiden kleinen Ländern, sehr stark von der Entwicklung in anderen Nationalstaaten und von den Empfehlungen internationaler Organisationen geprägt wurde.