Governing Complex Systems

Social Capital for the Anthropocene

Reeks: Earth System Governance

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  • An
  • exploration
  • of
  • the
  • need
  • for
  • innovative
  • mechanisms
  • of
  • governance
  • in
  • an
  • era
  • when
  • human
  • actions
  • are
  • major
  • drivers
  • of
  • environmental
  • change.The
  • onset
  • of
  • the
  • Anthropocene,
  • an
  • era
  • in
  • which
  • human
  • actions
  • have
  • become
  • major
  • drivers
  • of
  • change
  • on
  • a
  • planetary
  • scale,
  • has
  • increased
  • the
  • complexity
  • of
  • socioecological
  • systems.
  • Complex
  • systems
  • pose
  • novel
  • challenges
  • for
  • governance
  • because
  • of
  • their
  • high
  • levels
  • of
  • connectivity,
  • nonlinear
  • dynamics,
  • directional
  • patterns
  • of
  • change,
  • and
  • emergent
  • properties.
  • Meeting
  • these
  • challenges
  • will
  • require
  • the
  • development
  • of
  • new
  • intellectual
  • capital.
  • In
  • this
  • book,
  • Oran
  • Young
  • argues
  • that
  • to
  • achieve
  • sustainable
  • outcomes
  • in
  • a
  • world
  • of
  • complex
  • systems,
  • we
  • will
  • need
  • governance
  • systems
  • that
  • are
  • simultaneously
  • durable
  • enough
  • to
  • be
  • effective
  • in
  • guiding
  • behavior
  • and
  • agile
  • enough
  • to
  • adapt
  • to
  • rapidly
  • changing
  • circumstances.While
  • some
  • insights
  • from
  • past
  • research
  • on
  • governance
  • remain
  • valid
  • in
  • this
  • setting,
  • Young
  • argues
  • that
  • we
  • need
  • new
  • social
  • capital
  • to
  • supplement
  • mainstream
  • regulatory
  • approaches
  • that
  • feature
  • rule
  • making
  • with
  • an
  • emphasis
  • on
  • compliance
  • and
  • enforcement.
  • He
  • explores
  • the
  • uses
  • of
  • goal
  • setting
  • as
  • a
  • governance
  • strategy,
  • the
  • idea
  • of
  • principled
  • governance,
  • and
  • the
  • role
  • of
  • what
  • is
  • often
  • called
  • good
  • governance
  • in
  • meeting
  • the
  • challenges
  • of
  • the
  • Anthropocene.
  • Drawing
  • on
  • his
  • long
  • experience
  • operating
  • on
  • the
  • science/policy
  • frontier,
  • Young
  • calls
  • for
  • more
  • effective
  • collaboration
  • between
  • analysts
  • and
  • practitioners
  • in
  • creating
  • and
  • implementing
  • governance
  • systems
  • capable
  • of
  • producing
  • sustainable
  • outcomes
  • in
  • a
  • world
  • of
  • complex systems.
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