▪ Abstract This chapter reviews the literature relevant to environmental governance in four
domains of scholarship: globalization, decentralization, market and individual incentives …

We discuss the challenges confronting environmental governance caused by the increasing
connectivity of resource-use systems and the growing functional interdependencies of …

Theories of the policy process Page 1 THIRD EDITION THEORIES OF THE POLICY PROCESS
EDITED BY PAUL A. SABATIER CHRISTOPHER M. WEIBLE Page 2 THEORIES OF THE …

This chapter focuses on the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework that has
evolved out of the work of many colleagues at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy …

Few social scientific concepts have gathered so much attention and so many followers in
such a short period of time than the concept of social capital. The fundamental idea can be …

This article seeks to shed new light on the study of decentralized natural resource
governance by applying institutional theories of polycentricity—the relationships among …

What's wrong with foreign aid? Many policymakers, aid practitioners, and scholars have
called into question its ability to increase economic growth, alleviate poverty, or promote …

Our Common Future, which created a serious discussion about how we should engage in
sustainable development of the world's future, including how to address global resource …

Governing natural resources sustainably is a continuing struggle. Major debates occur over
what types of policy “interventions” best protect forests, with choices of property and land …

This chapter reviews the literature on natural resource decentralization with an emphasis on
forests in develo** countries. This literature can be located at the intersection between …