Environmental Governance : Power and Knowledge in a Local-global World / edited by Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Gabriela Kutting

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Introduction Part 1: Power, Knowledge and Environmental Governance from a Conceptual Perspective 2. Situating Knowledges, Spatializing Communities, and Sizing Contradictions: The Challenge of Globality and Locality in Environmental Governance Tim Luke 3. Ecological Expertise Ralf Brand and Andy Karvonen 4. Power, Knowledge and Ocean Governance from a Historical Perspective Peter JacquesPart 2: From the Local to the Global 5. Multi-Level-Governance and the Question of Scale: The Concept of Landscape Governance Christoph Görg and Felix Rauschmayer 6. The Internationalized State: Functions and Modes of Regulation of Genetic Resources Uli Brand 7. Ecological Praxis: The Global Ecovillage Movement and the Scientific Ontology of Interbeing Karen LitfinPart 3: From the Global to the Local 8. Water for All! The Power of the World Bank and its Transnational Policy Networks Michael Goldman 9. Global Institutions and Environmental Change: Moving beyond Land-Use-Cover-Change Tim Forsyth 10. Global Assistance for Local Environmental Movements: The Politics of Capacity-Building in Bosnia-Herzegovina Adam Fagan 11. Conclusions

This edited collection makes a highly significant critical contribution to the field of environmental politics, exploring the relationship between governance, power and knowledge through a variety of approaches and perspectives.