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Knowledge for peace : transitional justice and the politics of knowledge in theory and practice
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ISBN: 9781789905342 1789905346 1789905354 Year: 2021 Publisher: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing,

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"Combining the knowledge and experience of leading international researchers, practitioners and policy consultants, Knowledge for Peace discusses how we identify, claim and contest the knowledge we have in relation to designing and analysing peacebuilding and transitional justice programmes. Exploring how knowledge in the field is produced, and by whom, the book examines the research-policy-practice nexus, both empirically and conceptually, as an important part of the politics of knowledge production. This unique book centres around two core themes: that processes of producing knowledge are imbued with knowledge politics, and that research-policy-practice interaction characterises the politics of knowledge and transitional justice. Investigating the realities of, and suggested improvements for, knowledge production and policy making processes as well as research partnerships, this book demonstrates that knowledge is contingent, subjective and shaped by relationships of power, affecting what is even imagined to be possible in research, policy and practice. Providing empirical insights into previously under-researched case studies, this thought-provoking book will be an illuminating read for scholars and students of transitional justice, peacebuilding, politics and sociology"--


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Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy : A Comparative Network Analysis
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ISBN: 3030919595 3030919587 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,

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This open access book explores how policy makers draw on national, regional and international expertise in issuing school reform within five Nordic countries. In an era of international comparison, policy makers are expected to review best practices, learn from experiences from elsewhere, and apply international standards propelled by international organizations. Do they do so? What counts, for them, as evidence and expertise? The chapters draw methodologically on bibliometric data, network analysis, document analysis and expert interviews. They show compellingly how governments use “evidence” strategically and selectively for agenda setting and policy decisions. This book will be of interest and value to scholars of education policy, specifically within the Nordic region, and international and comparative education.


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Flood Risk Governance for More Resilience
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Flood risks worldwide are being exacerbated due to urbanisation and the consequences of climate change. This poses a challenge to traditional managerial approaches to flood risk management that try to be ‘fail-safe’. This book presents innovative and practical lessons on how to make flood risk management strategies ‘safe-to-fail’ and therewith more resilient. The book focuses on governance – rather than technical/managerial – approaches. As the book shows, new governance strategies are needed that ensure that flood risk management is not left to water managers alone. Various actors, including spatial planners, contingency agencies, NGOs and individual citizens, have a role to play in flood risk governance. Ten chapters assess different case studies from around the globe. These highlight the challenges and good practices related to learning, inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation, and debating and meeting the normative end-goals of flood risk governance. This book is essential reading for grounded scholars, reflexive policymakers and practitioners, and everyone else who is interested in contributing to more resilient and future-proof flood risk governance.


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Flood Risk Governance for More Resilience
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Flood risks worldwide are being exacerbated due to urbanisation and the consequences of climate change. This poses a challenge to traditional managerial approaches to flood risk management that try to be ‘fail-safe’. This book presents innovative and practical lessons on how to make flood risk management strategies ‘safe-to-fail’ and therewith more resilient. The book focuses on governance – rather than technical/managerial – approaches. As the book shows, new governance strategies are needed that ensure that flood risk management is not left to water managers alone. Various actors, including spatial planners, contingency agencies, NGOs and individual citizens, have a role to play in flood risk governance. Ten chapters assess different case studies from around the globe. These highlight the challenges and good practices related to learning, inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation, and debating and meeting the normative end-goals of flood risk governance. This book is essential reading for grounded scholars, reflexive policymakers and practitioners, and everyone else who is interested in contributing to more resilient and future-proof flood risk governance.

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Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- city-to-city learning --- policy transfer --- resilient cities --- water squares --- flooding --- erosion --- coping --- adaptation --- Jamuna River --- Bangladesh --- citizen engagement --- flood risk governance --- governance capacity --- climate adaptation --- science–policy interface --- flood risk management --- climate change --- social learning --- integrated flood risk management --- Room for the River program --- multilevel governance --- IAD framework --- adaptive governance --- multi-level safety --- untaming --- disaster risk reduction --- climate change adaptation --- river restoration --- green infrastructure --- ecosystem services --- acceptability --- attitudes --- co-benefits --- preferences --- participation --- adaptive capacities --- diversified flood risk management strategies --- pilot project --- governance networks --- learning --- flood prevention --- policy instruments --- spatial planning --- governance --- resilience --- science-policy interactions --- interdisciplinarity --- city-to-city learning --- policy transfer --- resilient cities --- water squares --- flooding --- erosion --- coping --- adaptation --- Jamuna River --- Bangladesh --- citizen engagement --- flood risk governance --- governance capacity --- climate adaptation --- science–policy interface --- flood risk management --- climate change --- social learning --- integrated flood risk management --- Room for the River program --- multilevel governance --- IAD framework --- adaptive governance --- multi-level safety --- untaming --- disaster risk reduction --- climate change adaptation --- river restoration --- green infrastructure --- ecosystem services --- acceptability --- attitudes --- co-benefits --- preferences --- participation --- adaptive capacities --- diversified flood risk management strategies --- pilot project --- governance networks --- learning --- flood prevention --- policy instruments --- spatial planning --- governance --- resilience --- science-policy interactions --- interdisciplinarity


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Governing Integrated Water Resources Management: Mutual Learning and Policy Transfer
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ISBN: 3039281577 3039281569 Year: 2020 Publisher: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has become a global paradigm for the governance of surface, coastal and groundwaters. This Special Issue contains twelve articles related to the transfer of IWRM policy principles. The articles explore three dimensions of transfer—causes, processes, outcomes—and offer a theoretically inspiring, methodologically rich and geographically diverse engagement with IWRM policy transfer around the globe. As such, they can also productively inform a future research agenda on the ‘dimensional’ aspects of IWRM governance. Regarding the causes, the contributions apply, criticise, extend or revise existing approaches to policy transfer in a water governance context, asking why countries adopt IWRM principles and what mechanisms are in place to understand the adoption of these principles in regional or national contexts. When it comes to processes, articles in this Special Issue unpack the process of policy transfer and implementation and explore how IWRM principles travel across borders, levels and scales. Finally, this set of papers looks into the outcomes of IWRM policy transfer and asks what impact IWRM principles, once implemented, gave on domestic water governance, water quality and water supply, and how effective IWRM is at addressing critical water issues in specific countries.

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