The Right to Govern: A Constructive Proposal of Legitimacy and Private Environmental Governance
(2019) STVM25 20182Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The increasingly prominent presence of private actors in Global Environmental Governance raises novel issues of legitimacy. This paper consequently observed a need to investigate the legitimacy of Private Environmental Governance (PEG) and aimed to do so in three ways. Firstly, this study conducted a normative analysis exploring what legitimacy should require in the context of PEG. This examination concluded that the principles presented in a framework by Keohane were most advantageous. Secondly, the study performed an empirical analysis investigating to what extent two central PEG institutions conformed to the standards of legitimacy. This examination concluded that in order to clearly determine the institutions’ degree of legitimacy, the... (More)
- The increasingly prominent presence of private actors in Global Environmental Governance raises novel issues of legitimacy. This paper consequently observed a need to investigate the legitimacy of Private Environmental Governance (PEG) and aimed to do so in three ways. Firstly, this study conducted a normative analysis exploring what legitimacy should require in the context of PEG. This examination concluded that the principles presented in a framework by Keohane were most advantageous. Secondly, the study performed an empirical analysis investigating to what extent two central PEG institutions conformed to the standards of legitimacy. This examination concluded that in order to clearly determine the institutions’ degree of legitimacy, the theoretical framework applied had to be further refined. Lastly, the thesis conducted a constructive analysis, which offered a theory development proposal that propositioned a way of how the theoretical framework could be improved. This thesis has made three main contributions. Firstly, it has determined what legitimacy in the context of PEG should require. Secondly, it has added insights to the understanding of PEG institutions’ legitimacy. Third, and most significant, it has offered a proposal for how to refine the theoretical framework used for assessing the legitimacy of PEG institutions. (Less)
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- author
- Lindström, Sara LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM25 20182
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Legitimacy, Private Environmental Governance, Global Environmental Governance, Constructive Proposal, Value Hierarchy
- language
- English
- id
- 8965004
- date added to LUP
- 2019-03-20 15:24:52
- date last changed
- 2019-04-01 10:25:55
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