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5 - Institutional Architectures for Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

from Part I - The Building Blocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

By
Oran R. Young
Edited by
Frank Biermann  and
Rakhyun E. Kim
Frank Biermann
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Rakhyun E. Kim
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Summary

Issues of governance arising in areas beyond national jurisdiction are rising rapidly as priority concerns. In thinking about institutional architectures for these areas, it is helpful to subdivide this class of issues into three subcategories dealing with: (i) international spaces or areas easy to locate in spatial terms; (ii) earth systems that play critical roles in determining the habitability of the planet; and (iii) virtual systems that are increasingly important but difficult to locate in spatial terms. Focusing on one prominent example exemplifying each of these subcategories – the high seas, the earth’s climate system and cyberspace – this chapter seeks to identify lessons of general interest regarding the governance of areas beyond national jurisdiction. It directs attention to the importance of process in contrast to substance, the role of discursive embeddedness, and the importance of balancing stability and agility in a world featuring increasingly complex systems.

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Cyberspaceearth systemshigh seasinternational spacesclimate systemvirtual systems
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Architectures of Earth System Governance
Institutional Complexity and Structural Transformation
 , pp. 97 - 116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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