Environmental Governance and Policy Implementation

Abstract

Last ned gratis Throughout the Nordic countries both the debate about, and the practice of, institutional arrangements and processes can be characterised by decentralisation, deregulation, privatisation and market. Consequently the relationship between public authorities and private actors (business, NGOs etc) are being reshaped. Processes of government have been seen as transformed into governance which mean that a wider range of actors may be participating and simplistic hierarchical models are being abandoned. The papers address how these changes effect the implementation of environmental policy: Which actors are involved? Whose interests are served? Whose knowledge is included and whose is excluded? Why do particular perspectives on environmental change become so entrenched in policy?