1st Edition
Governance for Sustainable Development Coping with ambivalence, uncertainty and distributed power
Editorial / Introduction Jens Newig, Jan-Peter Voß and Jochen Monstadt
1. Steering for Sustainable Development: A Typology of Problems and Strategies with respect to Ambivalence, Uncertainty and Distributed Power Jan-Peter Voß, Jens Newig, Britta Kastens, Jochen Monstadt and Benjamin Nölting
Ambivalence of sustainability as a goal
2. Ambivalence, Sustainability and the Governance of Socio-Technical Transitions Gordon Walker and Elizabeth Shove
3. The Futility of Reason: Incommensurable Differences Between Sustainability Narratives in the Aftermath of the 2003 San Diego Cedar Fire Bruce Evan Goldstein
Uncertainty About Socio-Ecological Dynamics
4. Working Towards Sustainable Development in the Face of Uncertainty and Incomplete Knowledge Armin Grunwald
5. Risk Management at the Science–Policy Interface: Two Contrasting Cases in the Field of Flood Protection in Germany Hellmuth Lange and Heiko Garrelts
6. Managing Uncertainties in the Transition Towards Sustainability: Cases of Emerging Energy Technologies in the Netherlands Ineke Meijer and M. P. Hekkert
Distribution Of Control Over Development
7. Who is in Charge here? Governance for Sustainable Development in a Complex World James Meadowcroft
8. Assessing the Dutch Energy Transition Policy: How Does it Deal with Dilemmas of Managing Transitions? René Kemp, Jan Rotmans and Derk Loorbach
Governing With Ambivalence, Uncertainty And Distributed Power
9. Contextualizing Reflexive Governance: the Politics of Dutch Transitions to Sustainability Carolyn M. Hendriks and John Grin
10. Moving Outside or Inside? Objectification and Reflexivity in the Governance of Socio-Technical Systems Adrian Smith and Andy Stirling
Biography
Newig, Jens; Voß, Jan-Peter; Monstadt, Jochen
