Modes of governance for sustainability transitions: Conceptual definitions

IF 3 3区 社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Flavia Massuga, Sérgio Luis Dias Doliveira, Marli Kuasoski, Simone Soares Mangoni
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Abstract

The unsustainability of production and consumption patterns and the socio-technical systems in the energy, mobility, water, and solid waste sectors highlights the need for sustainability transitions. However, the transition management perspective indicates that these transformations cannot be managed in the traditional hierarchical sense. Therefore, new modes of governance are required to deal with the complexity and nature of sustainability issues. This study seeks to elucidate these matters by bringing the literature on sustainability transitions, transition management, and governance modes closer to each other, generating a better understanding of governance in transitions. In addition to the theoretical discussion on the linked concepts, this study also contributes by presenting and characterizing five modes of governance that can facilitate the paths to transformation. They are participatory, collaborative, multilevel, smart, and network governance. These modes of governance differ according to the actors involved and the nature of their interactions and encompass different political processes, institutional structures, and policy content. The assumption is that the modes of governance addressed, which distance themselves from conventional approaches based on top-down control, can favor transition initiatives that promote transformative processes toward a more resilient and sustainable society. However, the inherent embeddedness of the public service is recognized, which requires transitions in governance itself through institutional adaptations and changes in the role of actors and public officials.

可持续性转型的治理模式:概念定义
能源、交通、水和固体废弃物领域的生产和消费模式以及社会技术系统的不可持续性凸显了可持续性转型的必要性。然而,转型管理的观点表明,这些转型不能按照传统的等级制度进行管理。因此,需要新的治理模式来应对可持续性问题的复杂性和本质。本研究试图通过拉近可持续发展转型、转型管理和治理模式等文献之间的距离来阐明这些问题,从而更好地理解转型中的治理。除了对相关概念进行理论探讨外,本研究还提出了五种可促进转型之路的治理模式,并对其进行了描述。它们是参与式治理、协作式治理、多层次治理、智能治理和网络治理。这些治理模式因参与方及其互动性质的不同而各异,并包含不同的政治进程、体制结构和政策内容。我们的假设是,这些治理模式有别于基于自上而下控制的传统方法,有利于推动转型进程的过渡举措,从而实现更具复原力和可持续性的社会。然而,公共服务的内在嵌入性也得到了承认,这就要求通过机构调整以及行为者和公职人员角色的变化来实现治理本身的转型。
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Environmental Policy and Governance
Environmental Policy and Governance ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-
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6.10
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67
期刊介绍: Environmental Policy and Governance is an international, inter-disciplinary journal affiliated with the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE). The journal seeks to advance interdisciplinary environmental research and its use to support novel solutions in environmental policy and governance. The journal publishes innovative, high quality articles which examine, or are relevant to, the environmental policies that are introduced by governments or the diverse forms of environmental governance that emerge in markets and civil society. The journal includes papers that examine how different forms of policy and governance emerge and exert influence at scales ranging from local to global and in diverse developmental and environmental contexts.
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