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5 - Power(ful) and Power(less): A Review of Power in the ESG–Agency Scholarship

from Part Two - Agency and the Dynamics of Earth System Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2020

By
Andrea K. Gerlak ,
Thomas R. Eimer ,
Marie-Claire Brisbois ,
Megan Mills-Novoa ,
Luuk Schmitz ,
Jorrit Luimers  and
Paivi Abernethy
Edited by
Michele M. Betsill ,
Tabitha M. Benney  and
Andrea K. Gerlak
Michele M. Betsill
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Tabitha M. Benney
Affiliation:
University of Utah
Andrea K. Gerlak
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
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Summary

− ESG–Agency scholars frequently use power as an explanatory variable, but often without definition or theoretical conceptualization. − Reflections on power in earth system governance research are divided between agency-centered (power to) and structure-centered (power over) perspectives, which mirrors the historic schism between liberal and critical International Relations scholars. − In the future, more comprehensive conceptualizations of power will strengthen the persuasiveness of normative arguments in ESG–Agency scholarship.

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PowerPowerlessauthoritycritical theoriesagent–structure debatesmodes and assessments of power
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Agency in Earth System Governance , pp. 65 - 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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