Orchestrating Local Climate Policy in the European Union :
[Book]
Inter-Municipal Coordination and the Covenant of Mayors in Germany and France /
Lena Bendlin.
Wiesbaden :
Springer VS,
[2020]
1 online resource (332 pages)
Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz. Energy Policy and Climate Protection
5.2.1.2 Local Governments within the Decentralized System
Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Summary; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Importance of Coordinating Local Climate Policy; 1.2 The Unknown Contribution of Orchestration; 1.3 Research Design; 1.4 Summary and Outline; 2 Local Governments in European Multi-Level Climate Governance; 2.1 The European Union in Global Climate Governance; 2.2 Modes of Governance in Multi-Level Systems; 2.3 Challenges and Opportunities in European Climate Policy Making; 2.4 Local Governments in the European Multi-Level System
2.5 Negotiating Competence Allocation in Multi-level Systems2.6 Implications for Local Climate Governance; 2.7 Summary; 3 Theorizing Orchestration in European Climate Governance; 3.1 Orchestration as Local Climate Policy Coordination; 3.1.1 Voluntary Non-state Programs in Climate Governance; 3.1.2 Coordination Requirements in Climate Governance; 3.1.3 Governing through Orchestration; 3.2 Orchestration through the Covenant of Mayors; 3.2.1 Introducing the Covenant of Mayors; 3.2.1.1 The Covenant's Mode of Operation; 3.2.1.2 Situating the Covenant of Mayors within European Climate Governance
3.2.1.3 Uncertain Drivers, Agency, and Impact3.2.2 Conceptualizing the Covenant of Mayors; 3.2.2.1 The Covenant of Mayors Office as an Orchestrator; 3.2.2.2 Covenant Coordinators: Inter-municipal Associations as Intermediaries; 3.2.2.3 Covenant Signatories: Municipalities as Target Actors; 3.3 Expected Theoretical Contributions; 4 Methodological Approach; 4.1 Case Study Research Design; 4.1.1 A Case Study Approach to Research; 4.1.2 Results of Iterative Revision; 4.1.3 Analytic Generalization; 4.2 Case Selection; 4.2.1 Comparing Germany and France; 4.2.2 Selecting the Cases
4.2.3 Bounding the Cases4.3 Qualitative Interview Research; 4.3.1 Selection of Expert Interviewees; 4.3.2 Conduct of Expert Interviews; 4.3.3 Data Evaluation and Triangulation; 4.4 Methodological Challenges; 4.4.1 Risk of Normative Distortions; 4.4.2 Limitations of Studying Contemporary Phenomena; 4.4.3 Pitfalls of Expert Interview-based Research; 5 Inter-municipal Coordination in European Local Climate Governance; 5.1 Covenant Coordinators in Germany; 5.1.1 The German Framework for Inter-municipal Climate Governance; 5.1.1.1 National and Regional Climate and Energy Policy
5.1.1.2 Local Governments within the Federal System5.1.1.3 Inter-municipal Cooperation within Regional Associations; 5.1.1.4 Local Climate Governance; 5.1.2 Rhine-Neckar Region; 5.1.2.1 Teaming up for Local Climate Policy; 5.1.2.2 Disappointed Hopes in the Covenant of Mayors; 5.1.2.3 Case Summary; 5.1.3 Stuttgart Region; 5.1.3.1 Matching Goals of Local Climate Policy; 5.1.3.2 Limited Fit of Support to Local Needs; 5.1.3.3 Case Summary; 5.2 Covenant Coordinators in France; 5.2.1 The French Framework for Inter-municipal Climate Governance; 5.2.1.1 National and Regional Climate and Energy Policy
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Orchestrating Local Climate Policy in the European Union : Inter-Municipal Coordination and the Covenant of Mayors in Germany and France.
9783658265052
Climatic changes-- Government policy-- European Union countries.