... institutions and biophysical and socioecological systems. A major part of the chapter discusses the correlation and the anatomy of misfits between biophysical, environmental, and resource regimes with reference to the governance systems. The challenges involved in the governance systems cover the subsequent...

... details the harms of our current governance system and the need for an alternative It summarizes earlier unsuccessful efforts to rationalize governance, and shows how they have fallen short. Finally, it introduces five criteria which any new governance system must be designed to meet: Efficient (both...

... to a consideration of similar phenomena in socioecological systems of the sort that are central to the pursuit of sustainability in the Anthropocene. In considering the role of governance in such settings, it is important to bear in mind that governance systems, too, are complex and dynamic. Thresholds tipping...

...This chapter compares the patterns of business ownership and control in Great Britain and Canada. It provides an historical account of the evolution of the British and Canadian governance systems and compares their structural properties using the social network theory. It also describes the British...

... features or elements of resource and environmental regimes. The chapter also shows that diagnostic method is helpful in addressing the need to develop socioecological systems. It continues to discuss the approaches, practices, and methods involved in building governance systems along with the problems...

...This chapter analyzes the role that cities play for climate governance in multilevel governance systems. It shows that three dimensions of urban climate governance have to be distinguished: hierarchical climate governance, which is restricted to cities implementing international, EU, and national...

... investigation and review, given the scant literature available on the subject. The authors review the topic through the prism of engagement in multi-level governance systems, patterns of influence in relations between global development actors and national officials and relations between US officials...

...This article looks at the public choices that feature in the creation of governance systems or institutional arrangements. It emphasizes the added value that can be derived from supplementing the normal focus on the national level with comparative studies of the formation, implementation...

... dispute resolution mechanisms; and the relationship between labor law and corporate governance systems. References Acharya, V., Baghai-Wadji, R., and Subramanian, K. (2009). “Labor Laws and Innovation,” CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7171. Ahlering, B. and Deakin, S. ( 2007 ). “ Labour Regulation...

...This chapter puts the topic of global governance in the context of governance and governance systems more generally. Although global governance has many special features and is indeed the most complex and also a frequently contested governance system, it nonetheless shares many basic principles...

... constitution and governmental regulation. The second set of chapters considers corporate governance systems and their role in innovation and adaptation. The chapters in part 3 discuss labour relations and worker involvement in the governance of companies. Part 4 widens the focus to consider effects external...

.... It posits that institutional analysis plays a vital role in solving the environmental problems and also in shaping the environment governance systems, and continues with “new institutionalism,” which plays a major part in understanding the theme of this book. Cutting-edge topics such as causality...

...This chapter discusses the importance of comparing national governance systems. It explains that comparative structural analysis of macroinstitutions has a difficult time in determining why countries do not just converge into one system because institutions are rooted in norms and social rules...

...This chapter summarises the discussions in the preceding chapters. Topics covered include governance systems between state and market, market regulation as corollary to liberalisation; structures and current legal developments in the US, Japan, and Europe; intermediaries and their regulation...

...This article clarifies how one can identify good governance systems and build and apply a science of implementation. The first section briefly discusses the nature of modern crime prevention, and then shifts to a study of prevention science. The next section takes a look at the stages...

..., and that the effect aims to address stakeholder relationships and corporate governance systems more effectively. It argues that nonprofit governance theories represent a wide range of lenses that can support environmental contingencies and the increased hybridization of corporate forms and business models within...

...The study provides new interesting results that are important for the ongoing debate about the best possible corporate governance system. Although, recently, the Continental European system of corporate governance has somehow fallen into disrepute, the system has some clear advantages as compared...

... mainly on the various endeavours made at achieving the information society vision and its corresponding transformations in the governance systems, the social order, and the economy, considering whether the resulting developments are to the benefit of all Europeans. In this chapter, we introduce how...