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Informationen zum Autor Thomas Sikor is senior lecturer in development studies at the University of East Anglia, UK, and former head of a research group on natural resource governance at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. He is a social scientist studying environmental problems and developing new institutional approaches for solving those problems in developing and transitional societies. Klappentext First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Natural resources have historically been considered as being governed in public or private spheres - that is, by the state on behalf of the people, or by companies or individuals driven by the market. This book offers a perspective on issues in resource governance, including the state, NGOs, civil society, communities, and hybrid institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword * Introduction: Public-Private Relations and Key Policy Issues in Natural Resource Governance * Part I: Publics * Introduction to Part I * Locating Social Choice in Forest Comanagement and Local Governance: The Politics of Public Decision Making and Interests * Devolution in Bulgaria's Irrigation System: Contesting the Public * Water Service Provision in the Algarve, Portugal: From Local to National Publics * Part II: Public-Private Hybrids * Introduction to Part II * Governing Austrian Landscapes: Shifts Along the Private-Public Divide * Biodiversity Governance: Adjusting Local Costs and Global Benefits * The Media in Forestry: Government, Governance and Social Visibility * Part III: Privates * Introduction to Part III * Bioenergy Clusters in Austria and Germany: From Public Goals to Private Action * Marketing Safe Food by Labelling: The Pros and Cons of State Regulation * Part IV: Visions for a Sustainable Future * Introduction to Part IV * Food Safety Through Risk Analysis: The Role of Private and Public Governance * Connecting Ecosystem Services to Biodiversity: Designing Sustainable Landscapes by Linking the Public and Private Sectors in Common Cause * Outlook: New Publics and Property Rights * Index ...
