Sustainable development and the governance of long-term decisions

Knowledge Democracy: Consequences for Science, Politics, and Media

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 255-281

  Meuleman, Louis ^a   In 'T Veld, Roeland Jaap ^b  

^a NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b The University of The Netherlands Antilles   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84883488710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11381-9_18     Document Type: Chapter

References (8)

1. This chapter is based on the RMNO/EEAC study Sustainable development and the Governance of Long-term Decisions (Meuleman and In 't Veld 2009).
2. Unlike other definitions, such as "governance is good governance" or "governance is network governance".
3. A policy theory is the totality of assumptions of an actor regarding a policy (field/issue).
4. Stern Report, 2007; Social Cost Benefit Analysis for Environmental Policy-Making, RMNO 2008.
5. A process approach is, compared to a project or linear approach, more suitable for dealing with uncertainties. The challenge is always to find a usable balance between these approaches.
6. Stern Report, 2007; RMNO 2008.
7. After the Dutch-language acronym TO3: Toekomst -oriëntatie, -ontwerp, -onderzoek. (FODR = Future orientation, design and research).
8. Funtowicz and Ravetz (1991).