Governing when power and authority are dispersed
The relationship between state and society in many countries has changed radically over recent decades; national governments have lost authority relative to other actors and levels of decision making and their experts do not command the respect they once did. I am particularly interested in how the environment and sustainability are (or can be) governed in this context. In relation to multi-lateral environmental agreements and local planning disputes I focus on processes like issue framing, agenda setting, and coalition building which have become the subtle ways in which power is exercised and actors achieve their goals with like-minded others.
Murphy, J. and Yanacopulos, H. (2005) Understanding governance and networks: EU–US interactions and the regulation of genetically modified organisms, Geoforum, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 593-606.
Murphy, J. and Levidow, L. (2006) Governing the Transatlantic Conflict Over Agricultural Biotechnology: Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting, Routledge, London.
Murphy, J. (ed.) (2007) Governing Technology for Sustainability, Earthscan, London.
Parry, S. and Murphy, J. (2015) Problematizing interactions between social science and public policy, Critical Policy Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 97-107.
Murphy, J. and Yanacopulos, H. (2005) Understanding governance and networks: EU–US interactions and the regulation of genetically modified organisms, Geoforum, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 593-606.
Murphy, J. and Levidow, L. (2006) Governing the Transatlantic Conflict Over Agricultural Biotechnology: Contending Coalitions, Trade Liberalisation and Standard Setting, Routledge, London.
Murphy, J. (ed.) (2007) Governing Technology for Sustainability, Earthscan, London.
Parry, S. and Murphy, J. (2015) Problematizing interactions between social science and public policy, Critical Policy Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 97-107.