Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood: Contesting the New Modes of Governance (Governance and Limited Statehood)

The contributors to this book critically examine the performance of new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood, drawing on a range of in-depth case studies on issues of climate change, biodiversity, and health. The Paris Agreement for Climate Change or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) rely on new modes of governance for implementation. New modes of governance such as market-based instruments, public-private partnerships or stakeholder participation initiatives have been praised for playing a pivotal role in effective and legitimate sustainability governance. Yet, do they also deliver in areas of limited statehood? States such as Malaysia or the Dominican Republic partly lack the ability to implement and enforce rules; their domestic sovereignty is limited. Exploring this perspective on governance, the authors demonstrate that areas of limited statehood are not ungoverned or ungovernable spaces. The book elaborates how and under what conditions new modes of governance emerge in areas of limited statehood, and examines their relative effectiveness. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction: Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood. Contesting New Modes of Governance....Pages 1-22 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 “A Comment That Might Help Us to Move Along”: Brokers in Negotiation Systems....Pages 25-46 Let’s Bargain! Setting Standards of Sustainable Biofuels....Pages 47-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Between Global and Local Governance: The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund in China....Pages 77-104 The State in Private Sustainability Governance: Contestation, Limited Statehood and Forest Certification in Russia....Pages 105-126 Governing Health and Safety in the Electronics Industry in Malaysia....Pages 127-155 Remnants of Hierarchy: The Limits on New Modes of Biodiversity Governance in the Dominican Republic....Pages 157-178 Bringing Climate Change Down to Earth: Climate Change Governance from the Bottom Up....Pages 179-210 Conclusion....Pages 211-224 Back Matter....Pages 225-238 The contributors to this text critically examine the performance of new modes of governance in areas of limited statehood, drawing on a range of in-depth case studies on issues of climate change, biodiversity and health. New modes of governance such as market-based instruments, public-private partnerships or stakeholder participation initiatives have been praised for playing a pivotal role in effective and legitimate sustainability governance. Yet, do they also deliver in areas of limited statehood?