Overview
- Integrates knowledge on a major piece of European policy (nature conservation policy) in a reflexive and comprehensive manner
- Combines theories of governance with theories of legitimacy
- Brings together empirical case studies and critical commentaries
Part of the book series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics (LEAF, volume 14)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Protected Species
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Protected Areas
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Countries
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Keywords
About this book
Building forth upon recent developments in democracy theory that have identified multiple forms of legitimacy, this volume observes a EU-wide shift from output legitimacy to input and throughput legitimacy. Top down policy making is increasingly meeting local resistance. As a result, the importance for policy makers of enhancing the democratic legitimacy of their policy plans has increased.
In this volume, nine case studies are presented, seven case studies of protected areas in different countries (Belgium, Germany, Poland, Spain, Finland, France and the UK), and two case studies of protected species (the geese in the Netherlands, and the great Cormorant in Denmark and Italy). These case studies are followed by extensive comments. The volume opens with an introductory chapter on the problematic production of legitimacy in current European nature policy. It concludes with a chapter that situates the case studies within the wider EU environmental policy and political context.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Numerous expert contributors–25 in total–examine issues of governance and legitimacy via exploring various European case studies. … the text to be straightforward, the discussions of policy issues to be informative, and the examinations of legitimacy production to be revealing. … accessible to novices of EU nature conservation policy as well as to experts in the field. … With its breadth of information, depth of discussion, and clarity of presentation, this text is accessible to both novices and experts of EU nature conservation policy.” (Sarah Beach, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Vol. 24, 2011)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Legitimacy in European Nature Conservation Policy
Book Subtitle: Case Studies in Multilevel Governance
Editors: Jozef Keulartz, Gilbert Leistra
Series Title: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6510-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6509-5Published: 28 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7655-7Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6510-1Published: 03 November 2007
Series ISSN: 1570-3010
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1737
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 284
Topics: Nature Conservation, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Biodiversity