New book: “Architectures of Earth System Governance: Institutional Complexity and Structural Transformation” (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

[Biermann, F.H.B. (Frank)]

 

Dear GEP-ED,

I am writing to share the announcement of our new book with Cambridge University Press:

 

“Architectures of Earth System Governance: Institutional Complexity and Structural Transformation”

International institutions are prevalent in world politics. More than a thousand multilateral treaties are in place just to protect the environment alone, and there are many more. And yet, it is also clear that these institutions do not operate in a void but are enmeshed in larger, highly complex webs of governance arrangements. This book conceptualizes these broader structures as the “architectures” of global governance. Here, over 40 international relations scholars offer an authoritative synthesis of a decade of research on global governance architectures with an empirical focus on protecting the environment and vital earth systems. They investigate the structural intricacies of earth system governance and explain how global architectures enable or hinder individual institutions and their overall effectiveness. The book offers much-needed conceptual clarity about key building blocks and structures of complex governance architectures, charts detailed directions for new research, and provides analytical groundwork for policy reform.

 

Edited by:

Frank Biermann, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Rakhyun E. Kim, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

 

Contributors:

Kenneth W. Abbott - Steinar Andresen - Steffen Bauer - Steven Bernstein - Frank Biermann - Dominique De Wit - Carel Dieperink - Peter Driessen - Niall Dunphy - Laura Gómez-Mera - Thomas Hickmann - James Hollway - Amy Janzwood - Sikina Jinnah - Agni Kalfagianni - Norichika Kanie - Rakhyun E. Kim - Louis J. Kotzé - James Meadowcroft - Ronald B. Mitchell - Francesco Saverio Montesano - Jean-Frédéric Morin - Gerard Mullally - Sebastian Oberthür - Abby Lindsay Ostovar - Lena Partzsch - Tom Peek - Åsa Persson - Hens Runhaar - Lisa Sanderink - Olav Schram Stokke - Michelle Scobie - Arild Underdal - Harro van Asselt - Thijs Van de Graaf - Melanie van Driel - Marjanneke J. Vijge - Oscar Widerberg - Bettina Wilk - Oran R. Young - Abbie Yunita - Fariborz Zelli

 

Cambridge University Press, 2020

 

Table of Contents:

 

1. Architectures of earth system governance: Setting the stage. Frank Biermann and Rakhyun E. Kim

 

Part I. The Building Blocks

2. Intergovernmental institutions. Ronald B. Mitchell, Arild Underdal, Steinar Andresen and Carel Dieperink

3. International bureaucracies. Dominique De Wit, Abby Lindsay Ostovar, Steffen Bauer and Sikina Jinnah

4. Transnational institutions and networks. Agni Kalfagianni, Lena Partzsch and Oscar Widerberg

5. Institutional architectures for areas beyond national jurisdiction. Oran R. Young

 

Part II. Core Structural Features

6. Institutional interlinkages. Thomas Hickmann, Harro van Asselt, Sebastian Oberthür, Lisa Sanderink, Oscar Widerberg and Fariborz Zelli

7. Regime complexes. Laura Gómez-Mera, Jean-Frédéric Morin and Thijs Van de Graaf

8. Governance fragmentation. Frank Biermann, Melanie van Driel, Marjanneke J. Vijge and Tom Peek

 

Part III. Policy Responses

9. Policy integration. Hens Runhaar, Bettina Wilk, Peter Driessen, Niall Dunphy, Åsa Persson, James Meadowcroft and Gerard Mullally

10. Interplay management. Olav Schram Stokke

11. Orchestration. Kenneth W. Abbott, Steven Bernstein and Amy Janzwood

12. Governance through global goals. Marjanneke J. Vijge, Frank Biermann, Rakhyun E. Kim, Maya Bogers, Melanie van Driel, Francesco S. Montesano, Abbie Yunita, and Norichika Kanie

13. Hierarchization. Rakhyun E. Kim, Harro van Asselt, Louis J. Kotzé, Marjanneke J. Vijge and Frank Biermann

 

Part IV. Future Directions

14. Taking stock and moving forward. Frank Biermann, Rakhyun E. Kim, Kenneth W. Abbott, James Hollway, Ronald B. Mitchell and Michelle Scobie

 

More information: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108784641

 

 

Best regards

Frank