Policy Design and Nodal Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Determinants of Environmental Policy Change in a South African City

Froestad, Jan; Grimwood, Sakina; Herbstein, Tom; Shearing, Clifford

doi:10.1080/13876988.2013.823756

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“…Wood & Dupont 2006;Nøkleberg 2016;Quéro & Dupont 2019), but has also been applied in environmental governance (e.g. Froestad et al 2013;Ziervogel et al 2017) and global water governance (Baumgartner & Pahl-Wostl 2013). As a theoretical framework, nodal governance is relatively young and should be tested and elaborated further.…”

Section: Governance Through Networkmentioning

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Network‐led advocacy for a green shipping transformation: A case study of governance networks in the Norwegian maritime sector

Hessevik

2021

Regulation & Governance

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Climate action has until recently been slow in the shipping industry. The sector is notoriously difficult to regulate by individual states, and international governance is moving slowly. In such a context, networks of actors can potentially contribute to a sustainability transition. In Norway, which is widely considered a leader in maritime environmental innovations, two networks have become prominent. This article studies how the cluster organization Norwegian Centre of Expertise Maritime CleanTech and the public-private partnership named the Green Shipping Programme have developed, gained influence in policymaking, and are now taking part in governing a transition toward low-and zero-emission shipping. I argue that these governance networks gained governance capacity because of how network organization allow for utilization of the resources of individual members. The resources of individual network members are "mixed and matched" through network activities. In particular, the combination of technical expertise, lobbying expertise, and relational capital is important when a network seeks to influence policy in sustainability transitions.

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Section: Governance Through Networkmentioning

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Network‐led advocacy for a green shipping transformation: A case study of governance networks in the Norwegian maritime sector

Hessevik

2021

Regulation & Governance

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Government Purchase of Services in China: Similar Intentions, Different Policy Designs

Wen¹

2017

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China has adopted purchase of services to facilitate the development of the societal sector, including social organisations, the social work profession and social services. Project-based and post-based purchases are two typical policy designs. Why do the local states develop two different designs to serve similar intentions? The answers to this question contribute to the broader discussion of policymaking and social development in China. Using the intention-capacity analytic framework, this study systemically compares Guangzhou's project-based model and Shenzhen's post-based model by drawing upon an extensive review of policy and archive documents, key informant interviews and field observations. The comparative study suggests that a pro-market ideology and incomplete analytical capacity in policy learning directed the design thinking towards market mechanism and purchase of services. Without the organisational conditions of social organisation and social work in Guangzhou, rapid growth in the social work workforce became the top priority in Shenzhen. Meanwhile, the trustworthiness of newly developing social organisations is another concern. All of these concerns underpinned the post-based design. Both models, with substantial fiscal support, succeed in expanding the societal sectors. But the mix of market and hierarchy tools, for the post-based model in particular, is an obstacle in further enabling social organisation and the social work profession.

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Policy Design and Nodal Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Determinants of Environmental Policy Change in a South African City

Cited by 2 publications

References 23 publications

Network‐led advocacy for a green shipping transformation: A case study of governance networks in the Norwegian maritime sector

Network‐led advocacy for a green shipping transformation: A case study of governance networks in the Norwegian maritime sector

Government Purchase of Services in China: Similar Intentions, Different Policy Designs

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