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The Right to Govern: A Constructive Proposal of Legitimacy and Private Environmental Governance

Lindström, Sara LU (2019) STVM25 20182
Department 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
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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  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 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.}},
  author       = {{Lindström, Sara}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Right to Govern: A Constructive Proposal of Legitimacy and Private Environmental Governance}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}