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Environmental Governance: The Challenge of Legitimacy and Effectiveness, 2012

Zukunft der Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung

In den letzten Jahren jedoch zeigt sich ein klarer Trend zu einem instrumentellen, effektivitätso... more In den letzten Jahren jedoch zeigt sich ein klarer Trend zu einem instrumentellen, effektivitätsorientierten Verständnis von Partizipation. Vor dem Hintergrund fortwährender Implementationsdefizite in der Umweltpolitik (Knill & Lenschow 2000) und zunehmend komplexer gesellschaftlicher sowie sozial-ökologischer Wechselwirkungen wird Partizipation zum Mittel, um (umwelt-) politische Ziele zügiger, zielgenauer und effektiver durchzusetzen (Beierle & Cayford 2002; Feindt & Newig 2005). So erwartet Heinelt (2002: ...

Bürgergesellschaft: Wunsch und Wirklichkeit

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GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Oct 1, 2011

Partizipation und Kooperation gelten als unabdingbar für die Erreichung einer nachhaltigen Entwic... more Partizipation und Kooperation gelten als unabdingbar für die Erreichung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Dieses Buch stellt diese Annahme kritisch auf den Prüfstand. Es wird herausgearbeitet, worin im einzelnen die Leistungen partizipativer und kooperativer Verfahren für die Erreichung von Nachhaltigkeitszielen liegen (können) und unter welchen Voraussetzungen dies der Fall ist. Dies geschieht anhand der Betrachtung allgemeiner gesellschaftlicher Handlungsbereiche und Fallbeispiele aus ausgewählten Praxisfeldern.

Innovation und Gesellschaft, 2013

Environmental Policy and Governance, 2014

Ecology and Society, 2010

Environmental Governance: The Challenge of Legitimacy and Effectiveness, 2012

Zukunft der Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung

Bürgergesellschaft: Wunsch und Wirklichkeit

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GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Oct 1, 2011

Innovation und Gesellschaft, 2013

Environmental Policy and Governance, 2014

Ecology and Society, 2010

Many have advocated for collaborative governance and the participation of citizens and stakeholde... more Many have advocated for collaborative governance and the participation of citizens and stakeholders on the basis that it can improve the environmental outcomes of public decision making, as compared to traditional, top-down decision making. Others, however, point to the potential negative effects of participation and collaboration on environmental outcomes. This article draws on several literatures to identify five clusters of causal mechanisms describing the relationship between participation and environmental outcomes. We distinguish (i) mechanisms that describe how participation impacts on the environmental standard of outputs, from (ii) mechanisms relating to the implementation of outputs. Three mechanism clusters focus on the role of representation of environmental concerns, participants' environmental knowledge, and dialogical interaction in decision making. Two further clusters elaborate on the role of acceptance, conflict resolution, and collaborative networks for the implementation of decisions. In addition to the mechanisms, linking independent with dependent variables, we identify the conditions under which participation may lead to better (or worse) environmental outcomes. This helps to resolve apparent contradictions in the literature. We conclude by outlining avenues for research that builds on this framework for analysis.

The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires EU member states to produce and ... more The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires EU member states to produce and implement river basin management plans, which are to be designed and updated via participatory processes that inform, consult with, and actively involve all interested stakeholders. The assumption of the European Commission is that stakeholder participation, and institutional adaptation and procedural innovation to facilitate it, are essential to the effectiveness of river basin planning and, ultimately, the environmental impact of the Directive. We analyzed official documents and the WFD literature to compare implementation of the Directive in EU member states in the initial WFD planning phase (2000–2009). Examining the development of participatory approaches to river basin management planning, we consider the extent of transformation in EU water governance over the period. Employing a mixed quantitative and qualitative approach, we map the implementation " trajectories " of 13 member states, and then provide a detailed examination of shifts in river basin planning and participation in four member states (Germany, Sweden, Poland and France) to illustrate the diversity of institutional approaches observed. We identify a general tendency towards increased, yet circumscribed, stakeholder participation in river basin management in the member states examined, alongside clear continuities in terms of their respective pre-WFD institutional and procedural arrangements. Overall, the WFD has driven a highly uneven shift to river basin-level planning among the member states, and instigated a range of efforts to institutionalize stakeholder involvement—often through the establishment of advisory groups to bring organized stakeholders into the planning process.

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 2020

By Jens Newig & Michael Rose. This paper suggests that the field of environmental governance, Po... more By Jens Newig & Michael Rose.

This paper suggests that the field of environmental governance, Policy and planning (EGPP) may be seen as an (emerging) scientific field, which can be characterised as 'fragmented adhocracy', explaining the widespread failure to produce robust and cumulative knowledge. We argue that in order to produce reliable knowledge and to become credible in the realm of policy and planning praxis, EGPP research Needs a major reform impetus. To this end, we propose three areas for reform, which cover (1) an agreed canon of definitions shared within the community, while being open to reinterpretations and novel concepts; (2) the stronger use of meta-analytical methods such as the case Survey methodology, or systematic reviews, to cumulate published case-based evidence; (3) a systematic recognition of the institutional, political and social context of governance interventions, which becomes increasingly important to the extent that meta-analyses reveal general patterns and trends which nonetheless vary with context. For each agenda item, we briefly formulate the motivating problem and an ideal-typical vision to strive for, and sketch out the pragmatic, epistemological and normative limits to its realisation. We close with overall reflections on our Research reform agenda and suggest pathways for implementation.