Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development

Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development Edited by Jan-Peter VoB Dierk Bauknecht Oko-Institut - Institute for Applied Ecology, Germany and Rene Kemp MERIT, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA Contents List of List of tables List of contributors Preface figures vii ix x xiv INTRODUCTION 1. Sustainability and reflexive governance: introduction Jan-Peter Vofi and Rene Kemp 3 REFLECTIONS ON REFLEXIVE GOVERNANCE 2. Reflexive governance: politics in the global risk society Ulrich Beck 3. Reflexive modernisation as a governance issue, or: designing and shaping re-structuration John Grin 4. A co-evolutionary approach to reflexive governance - and its ironies Arie Rip 31 57 82 STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION 5. Transition management: a reflexive governance approach Rene Kemp and Derk Loorbach 6. Adaptive management to restore ecological and economic resilience in the Tisza river basin Jan Sendzimir, Piotr Magnuszewski, Peter Balogh and Anna Vdri 7. Sustainability foresight: reflexive governance in the transformation of utility systems Jan-Peter Vofi, Bernhard Truffer and Kornelia Konrad 8. Foresight and adaptive planning as complementary elements in anticipatory policy-making: a conceptual and methodological approach K Matthias Weber 103 131 162 189 vi Contents KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND ASSESSMENT 9. Precaution, foresight and sustainability: reflection and reflexivity in the governance of science and technology Andy Stirling 10. The (re)search for solutions: research programmes for sustainable development Katy Whitelegg 11. Integrating perspectives in the practice of transdisciplinary research Marie Celine Loibl 225 273 294 DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY 12. Niche-based approaches to sustainable development: radical activists versus strategic managers Adrian Smith 13. The sustainable transformation of sanitation Bas van Vliet 14. The transition towards sustainable production systems in Austria: a reflexive exercise? Philipp Spdth, Harald Rohracher, K. Matthias Weber and Ines Oehme 15. The transformation of agriculture: reflexive governance for agrobiodiversity Franziska Wolff 313 337 355 383 CONCLUSIONS 16. Reflexive governance: a view on an emerging path Jan-Peter Vofi, Rene Kemp and Dierk Bauknecht 419 Index 439