Environmental Governance (Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts)
"J.P. Evans has written a first-class introduction to environmental governance that locates the subject clearly against the background of wider debates about the state, markets, and social actors. It should be an invaluable help to students interested in understanding the broader context of environmental policy, and how different actors work to make it happen at the global and other levels."Tim Forsyth, Reader in Environment and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK."I am grateful to finally have an accessible reader that introduces students to the phenomenon of Environmental Governance that offers them a means to see, understand, and begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the West’s ongoing transition from environmental management by governments to environmental governance by multiple actors. The book covers a surprisingly broad range of experiences, mechanisms, and even ways of framing environmental governance. With examples drawn from around the globe, this text should easily find a home in environmental politics and governance courses around the world."Ben Bradshaw, Associate Professor of Geography and Coordinator of the Environmental Governance Program, University of Guelph, Canada.