The Social Organization of Policy

An Institutional Ethnography of UN Forest Deliberations
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-97249-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: New Approaches in Sociology

This book provides a specific case study--based upon direct research with UN processes--which enables the reader to situate larger theoretical arguments regarding civil society, globalization, and sustainable development within the context of the actual activities of practitioners working within the UN forest policy-making arena.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eastwood, Lauren E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Civil Society, NGOs and Transnational Corporations: Setting the Stage for International Environmental Policy Negotiations; Chapter 2 The UN: Organizational Structure and Forest Negotiations; Chapter 3 Theoretical and Methodological Framework/Data Collection; Chapter 4 Reform Discourses vs. Local Actualities; Chapter 5 Trade and Environment; Chapter 6 The Activation of the Text: Conceptual Resources at Work; Chapter 7 NGOs and the Struggle for Inclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Lauren Eastwood is a visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Syracuse University. Her area of expertise is in Sociology of the Environment, with an emphasis on environmental justice, international environmental policy, and civil society engagement in policy-making processes.