Governing a Common Sea

Environmental Policies in the Baltic Sea Region
Herausgeber: Joas, Marko; Kern, Kristine; Jahn, Detlef

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How is a natural common pool resource such as a sea, which is shared by several countries, best governed? The potential for international conflict is immense, as each country may have different agendas with regard to issues such as exploitation and environmental protection.This book uses a case study of the Baltic Sea region to examine this complex problem. The sea itself has been highly vulnerable to pollution and recently the bordering nations have cooperated and tackled the issue by establishing several new forums to manage the sea. Administrative and political structures developed in the region are reviewed and shown to provide

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 527g
• ISBN-13: 9781844075379
• ISBN-10: 1844075370
• Artikelnr.: 23373671

Autorenporträt

Marko Joas is senior lecturer in political science and head of research in public administration atbo Akademi University, Finland. Detlef Jahn is professor of comparative politics at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Kristine Kern is visiting professor in the school of life sciences, S dert rn University College, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by Tuula Aarnio * Part I: Introduction * Governance in the Baltic
Sea Region: Balancing States, Cities and People * Part II: Introduction and
Institutionalization of Environmental Concerns within the Baltic Sea Region
* Environmental Pollution and Economic Performance in the Baltic Sea Region
* Institutionalization of an International Environmental Policy Regime: The
Helsinki Convention, Finland and the Cold War * Environmental Concerns
within the Baltic Sea Region: A Nordic Baltic Comparison * Environmental
Governance in the Baltic States: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia * Part III:
New Structures of Governance in the Baltic Sea Region * Governance beyond
the Nation State: Transnationalization and Europeanization of the Baltic
Sea Region * Local Governance for Sustainable Development: Local Agenda 21
in the Baltic Sea Region * Part IV: Interactions between Regional
Governance for Conservation Policy and the Use of Local Livelihood *
Regional Actors Caught between Local Livelihood and International
Conservation: Grey Seal Conservation Controversy * Unity versus Disunity of
Environmental Governance in the Baltic Sea Region * Part V: Conclusions *
Governing a Common Sea: Comparative Patterns for Sustainable Development *
Index