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Andreas Thiel lead editor of a new book on analysis of polycentric governance in social-ecological systems, its determining factors and performance.
Governance becomes ever more interconnected and multilevel. Thus far, we do not have a systematic way to map the shape coordination adopts in polycentric governance. This volume develops and illustrates an approach to disentangle the hybridity of modes’ coordination in polycentric governance, its determinants, and outcomes, building on the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework. It is applied throughout five substantive chapters covering diverse cases of water, energy, infrastructure, and mining governance. The analytical approach, its ontological underpinnings, and its methodological implications are reflected in two chapters suggesting alternative perspectives on the analysis of hybrids.
Keywords: governance, coordination, hybrid, polycentricity, institutional analysis, social-ecological systems, multilevel governance, Elinor Ostrom, natural resource management, public policy
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