Global Environmental Commons Analytical and Political Challenges in Building Governance Mechanisms

Environmental challenges, and the potential solutions to address them, have a direct effect on living standards, the organization of economies, major infrastructures, and modes of urbanization. Since the publication of path-breaking contributions on the governance of environmental resources in the early 1990s, many political initiatives have been taken, numerous governance experiments have been conducted, and a large multi-disciplinary field of research has opened up. Thisinterdisciplinary book takes stock of the knowledge that has accumulated to date, and addresses new challenges in the provision of environmental goods. It focuses on three essential dimensions with respect to governance. First, it addresses the issue of designing governance solutions through analyzing systemsof rules, and levels of organization, in the governance and management of environmental issues. Second, it draws renewed attention to the negotiation processes among stakeholders playing a crucial role in reaching agreements over issues and solutions, and in choosing and implementing particular policy instruments. Finally, it shows that compliance depends on a combination of formal rules, enforced by recognized authorities, and informal obligations, such as social and individual norms. The evolution of the research frontiers on environmental governance shows that more legitimate and informed processes of collective decision, and more subtle and effective ways of managing compliance, can contribute to more effective policy. However, this book also illustrates that more democratic and effective governance should rely on more direct and pluralistic forms of involvement of citizens and stakeholders in the collective decision making processes

1. Introduction: Global Environmental Commons: Analytical and Political Challenges in Building Governance Mechanisms, Eric Brousseau, Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Pierre-Andre Jouvet, and Marc Willinger
Part I: Global Issues: Environmental and Governance Challenges
2. Environmental Governance: The Aspect of Coordination, Arild Vatn
3. The Governance of International Environmental Public Goods, Charles Perrings
4. Navigating the Sustainability Transition: Governing Complex and Dynamic Socioecological Systems, Oran Young
Part II: Addressing Global Issues by Articulating Local Governance Frameworks
5. Polycentric Systems: Multilevel Governance Involving a Diversity of Organizations, Elinor Ostrom
6. Bargaining over Global Public Goods, Ben Groom, Rupert Gatti, Timo Goeschl, and Timothy Swanson
7. Coalition Theory and Integrated Assessment Modeling: Lessons for Climate Governance, Thierry Brechet and Johan Eyckmans
8. Governance Issues in a Multinational Cap-and-Trade System: Centralization and Harmonization, Denny Ellerman
Part III: Designing Institutions taking into account Social Preferences
9. Social Capital and Collective Action in Environmental Governance, Revisited, Hiroe Ishihara and Unai Pascual
10. Global Environmental Problems, Voluntary Action, and Government Intervention, Andries Richter and Daan Van Soest
11. De Rationes Disputandum Est: The Profile of a "Warm-Glower", a Note on Consumers' Behavior, and Public Policy Implications, Paulo A. L. D. Nunes and Laura Onofri
Part IV: Designing Incentives Mechanisms under the Constraints of the Socio-political Game
12. Designing Incentives Regulation for the Environment, Michael Faure
13. Property Rights as Solutions to the Problems of Open Access: Options and Constraints, Gary Libecap
14. Managing the Global Commons: Principles and Practice, Graciela Chichilnisky
15. Conclusion: Governance And Environment: Policy Challenges and Research Questions, Eric Brousseau, Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Pierre-Andre Jouvet , and Marc Willinger