The triangle of marine governance in the environmental governance of Dutch offshore platforms

Judith van Leeuwen and Jan van Tatenhove

Marine Policy, 2010, vol. 34, issue 3, 590-597

Abstract: In this paper, we develop the triangle of marine governance to understand the changing locus and focus of marine governance practices. In general, the locus and focus of marine governance is shifting from top-down, state-led governance to network governance. This shift is captured by the triangle of marine governance, because the triangle refers to the institutional setting in which politics and policy making takes place (polity), to policy making itself (policy), to activities of politicians and processes of power (politics), and to the interplay between policy, politics and polity. Studying the dynamics of politics and policies in marine governance practices through the triangle allows us to analyze and explain how and why the shifts in locus and focus occur. These dynamics of marine governance--as the interplay of policy, politics and policy--is illustrated by the environmental governance of Dutch offshore platforms.

Keywords: Governance; Marine; governance; Offshore; platforms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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