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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136238303321

Autore

Kauffman Craig M.

Titolo

Grassroots global governance : local watershed management experiments and the evolution of sustainable development / / Craig M. Kauffman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-065093-1

0-19-062575-9

0-19-062574-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

333.7309866

Soggetti

Watershed management - Political aspects - Ecuador

Integrated water development - Political aspects - Ecuador

Sustainable development - Political aspects - Ecuador

Local government - Ecuador

Globalization - Political aspects - Ecuador

Watershed management - International cooperation

Integrated water development - International cooperation

Sustainable development - International cooperation

Globalization - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The nexus between global and local governance -- Grassroots global governance : theory & process -- Ecuadorian watershed management reform in context -- Phase 1 : national network activation -- Local legacies of national network activation -- Phase 2 : why local IWM campaigns endure --Local experimentation in Tungurahua -- Phase 3 : global impacts of local experiments -- Conclusion : rethinking global governance -- Methodological appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

To address global problems like climate change, transnational networks promote 'best practices' locally around the world. 'Grassroots Global Governance' explains the variations in their success levels and why implementing these 'global ideas' locally causes them to evolve at the



international level.