Rules, Norms and Ngo Advocacy Strategies - Hydropower Development on the Mekong River

Sommario

1. NGOs and Environmental Governance Part 1: Research Design 2. Analysing NGO Advocacy Strategies 3. Framework for Analysis: NGO Coalitions Along the Mekong River Part 2: Biophysical and Material Conditions, Actors, Rules and Norms 4. Biophysical and Material Conditions 5. Actors 6. Rules and Norms Part 3: Strategies and Interactions 7. The Xayaburi Dam Story 8. Strategies Targeting the Mekong Regional Decision-makers 9. Strategies Targeting National Decision-makers 10. Strategies Targeting Stakeholders in Affected Areas 11. Strategies Targeting General Public 12. Conclusion

Info autore

Yumiko Yasuda is an environmental and water governance specialist. She was a researcher for the Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. She has previously worked for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Southeast Asia.

Riassunto

This book analyses the opportunities and barriers that NGOs and civil society actors face when conducting advocacy campaigns against such developments through a comparison of the strategies of two NGO coalitions advocating against the Xayaburi hydropower dam on the Mekong River.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Yumiko Yasuda, Yasuda Yumiko
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138920293
• ISBN: 978-1-138-92029-3
• Pagine: 228
• Serie: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Sociology, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), Anthropology, South East Asia, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Environmental Management, Social impact of environmental issues, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmental policy & protocols, Human Geography, Development Studies, Environment law, Regional Geography, Environmental policy and protocols, Water industries, Energy industries and utilities, Civil engineering, surveying and building