Reflexive governance for sustainable development / edited by Jan-Peter Voss, Dierk Bauknecht and René Kemp.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Sustainability and reflexive governance : introduction / Jan-Peter Voss and René Kemp. Reflections on reflexive governance: Reflexive governance : politics in the global risk society / Ulrich Beck -- Reflexive modernisation as a governance issue, or : designing and shaping re-structuration / John Grin -- A co-evolutionary approach to reflexive governance--and its ironies / Arie Rip. Strategies for sustainable system transformation: Transition management : a reflexive governance approach / René Kemp and Derk Loorbach -- Adaptive management to restore ecological and economic resilience in the Tisza river basin / Jan Sendzimir [and others] -- Sustainability foresight : reflexive governance in the transformation of utility systems / Jan-Peter Voss, Bernard Truffer and Kornelia Konrad -- Foresight and adaptive planning as complementary elements in anticipatory policy-making : a conceptual and methodological approach / K. Matthias Weber. Knowledge production and assessment: Precaution, foresight and sustainability : reflection and reflexivity in the governance of science and technology / Andy Stirling -- The (re)search for solutions : research programmes for sustainable development / Katy Whitelegg -- Integrating perspectives in the practice of transdisciplinary research / Marie Céline Loibl. Development of technology and policy: Niche-based approaches to sustainable development : radical activists versus strategic managers / Adrian Smith -- The sustainable transformation of sanitation / Bas van Vliet -- The transition towards sustainable production systems in Austria : a reflexive exercise? / Philipp Späth [and others] -- The transformation of agriculture : reflexive governance for agrobiodiversity / Franziska Wolff. Conclusions: Reflexive governance : a view on an emerging path / Jan-Peter Voss, René Kemp and Dierk Bauknecht.