NDLI: Hybrid governance mechanisms as political instruments: the case of sustainability partnerships

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Mert, Ayşem
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Hybrid governance mechanisms have become one of the most preferred models of governance. Their influence and use have increased slowly but consistently since the end of the Cold War. This article investigates their political dimension, by way of studying United Nations’ partnerships for sustainable development, registered with the commission on sustainable development (CSD). Around 350 sustainability partnerships that promise to solve environmental problems and achieve the MDGs are registered with the CSD. Since their endorsement at the 2002 Johannesburg Summit, various studies assessed their value for environmental governance often finding them ineffective or counter-productive. This article exposes a new set of influences that partnerships have on the practice and discourses of global environmental governance, by following the politics of their emergence, that of partnership building and registration, and their actualization: During their negotiation, various contestations emerged and influenced the resulting partnerships regime; this is studied through in-depth interviews. Secondly, this regime leaves many geographical and participatory lacunas with political effects, which are studied through a large-N database. Finally, the unintended consequences of partnership projects on their issue areas and the discursive changes they cause in environmental governance reveal an otherwise concealed political dimension: The introduction of controversial technologies into the UN platforms.
Starting Page	225
Ending Page	244
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15679764
Journal	International Environmental Agreements
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15731553
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-08-07
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	PPPs Type-II outcomes Partnerships Hybrid governance mechanisms Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Environmental Management Environmental Economics Nature Conservation Political Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Political Science and International Relations Law Economics and Econometrics

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