Globalization and governance capacity: Explaining divergence in national forest programs as instances of next-generation regulation in Canada and Europe

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Howlett, M; Rayner, J
• 署名单位: Simon Fraser University; Vancouver Island University
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2006.00314.x
• 发表日期: 2006
• 关键词: policy change; state; INTERNATIONALIZATION; CONVERGENCE; sector; ACTORS; ideas

摘要

New policy initiatives are increasingly embedded in novel governance strategies. These new modes of governance differ from existing policy mixes in that they are specifically designed to reduce the number of instances of counterproductive policy instrument use; to function effectively and meet public policy goals in an era of decreased national state capacity and autonomy; and rely much more heavily than existing instrument mixes have done on the involvement of private actors in both policy formulation and implementation. These instances of contemporary policy design require careful analysis in order to understand where and when such designs may be adopted and, more importantly, prove effective. This article examines efforts made in Europe and Canada to develop next-generation forest policy strategies and finds considerable divergence in the new regulatory processes put into place in different countries. Following Knill and Lehmkuhl, this divergence is attributed to changing patterns of domestic actor capacities in the face of weak international regimes.