Explores the process, extent and circumstances under which partnerships can improve the legitimacy and effectiveness of governance for sustainable development. This book examines partnerships as single collaborative arrangements, focusing on how they are created, how they operate, and their determinants.   Setting the scene : the partnership paradigm in the making / Pieter Glasbergen -- The process of partnership construction : anticipating obstacles and enhancing the likelihood of successful partnerships for sustainable development / Barbara Gray -- Sustainability through partnering : conceptualizing partnerships between businesses and NGOs / James E. Austin -- Partnership as a means to good governance : towards an evaluation framework / Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff -- Enabling environmental partnerships : the role of good governance in Madagascar's forest sector / Derick W. Brinkerhoff -- Environmental partnerships in agriculture : reflections on the Australian experience / Neil Gunningham -- Partnership as governance mechanism in development cooperation : intersectoral North-South partnerships for marine biodiversity / Ingrid J. Visseren-Hamakers, Bas Arts and Pieter Glasbergen -- Partnerships for sustainability : an analysis of transnational environmental regimes / Philipp Pattberg -- Democracy and accountability : the challenge for cross-sectoral partnerships / James Meadowcroft -- Bringing the environmental state back in : partnerships in perspective / Arthur P.J. Mol -- Multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development : does the promise hold? / Frank Biermann ... [et al.] -- Multi-stakeholder global networks : emerging systems for the global common good / Steve Waddell and Sanjeev Khagram -- Conclusion : partnerships for sustainability--reflections on a future research agenda / Frank Biermann, Arthur P.J. Mol and Pieter Glasbergen

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