RT Article
T1 Multi-level Governance in Environmental Risk Management
JF Oñati Socio-Legal Series
VO 3
IS 2
SP 312
OP 325
A1 Hiller, Petra 1961-
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1744417741
AB The article examines regulatory strategies in the field of ecological disaster management with reference to the sociology of risk. The risk perspective draws attention to the fact that political strategies of regulation are to be understood as processes of risk transformation. The behavior of regulatory agencies is related to their perception of risks and opportunities. From this point of view, efforts in the field of disaster management appear as processes that turn perceived environmental threats into risks and opportunities for the agencies involved. The article shows the course of such a governance process which transforms environmental disasters into organizational risks and opportunities. This leads to the following research question: Which types of organizations favor strategies of risk avoidance and which organizations rather allow active pursuit of opportunities? The empirical part of this study is based on data obtained by field research in a multi-level negotiation system set up for managing hazardous wastes. Empirical findings support the assumption that organizational stability is a central condition for active pursuit of opportunities whereas organizational instability supports an orientation towards the avoidance of organizational risk.
CN 360
K1 Sociology
K1 Law
K1 Public Administration
K1 political sciences
K1 Sociology of risk
K1 Public organizations
K1 Multi-level governance
K1 Europe
DO 10.15496/publikation-52935