This significant new book explores the process, extent and circumstances under which partnerships can improve the legitimacy and effectiveness of governance for sustainable development. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the 'partnership paradigm' is discussed from three distinct perspectives. The first examines partnerships as single collaborative arrangements, focusing on how they are created, how they operate, and their determinants. The second perspective turns attention to the external effects of partnerships and the ways in which they can contribute to deliberate societal change. The third perspective adopts a broader view on the governance system and the changes that partnerships can produce in the configuration of political decision-making structures.
1. Setting the scene: the partnership paradigm in the making by Pieter Glasbergen.
Pt. 1 Partnerships as Collaborative Arrangements: The Actor Perspective
2. The process of partnership construction: anticipating obstacles and enhancing the likelihood of successful partnerships for sustainable development by Barbara Gray.
3. Sustainability through partnering: conceptualizing partnerships between businesses and NGOs by James E. Austin.
4. Partnership as a means to good governance: towards an evaluation framework by Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff.
Pt. 2 Partnerships As Governance Mechanisms: The Instrumental Perspective
5. Enabling environmental partnerships: the role of good governance in Madagascar's forest sector by Derick W. Brinkerhoff.
6. Environmental partnerships in agriculture: reflections on the Australian experience by Neil Gunningham.
7. Partnership as governance mechanism in development cooperation: intersectoral North-South partnerships for marine biodiversity by Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers and Bas Arts and Pieter Glasbergen.
Pt. 3 Partnerships and the Liberal-Democratic Governance Structure
8. Partnerships for sustainability: an analysis of transnational environmental regimes by Philipp Pattberg.
9. Democracy and accountability: the challenge for cross-sectoral partnerships by James Meadowcroft.
10. Bringing the environmental state back in: partnerships in perspective by Arthur P. J. Mol.
Pt. 4 The Future of Partnerships
11. Multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development: does the promise hold? by Frank Biermann and Man-san Chan and Aysem Mert and Philipp Pattberg.
12. Multi-stakeholder global networks: emerging systems for the global common good by Steve Waddell and Sanjeev Khagram.
13. Conclusion: partnerships for sustainability - reflections on a future research agenda by Frank Biermann and Arthur P. J. Mol and Pieter Glasbergen.
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