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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2014

Global Forest Governance – Discussing legal scholarship from political science perspectives

Edwards, Peter; Giessen, Lukas

Abstract

Scholarship in international law aims at addressing global forest governance comprehensively. This article reviews the recent contribution Global Forest Governance - Legal Concepts and Policy Trends by Rowena Maguire and puts it into the perspective of recent political and policy science research on global forests. While finding Maguire's volume being a very timely and valuable contribution to the interdisciplinary discussions on international forest governance, we identify some weaknesses which are mostly rooted in methodological critique and a lack of a systematic framework for analysis.

Keywords

Global forest governance; International forest law; Interdisciplinarity; Methodological critique

Published in

Forest Policy and Economics
2014, volume: 38, pages: 30-31

Authors' information

Edwards, Peter
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Products
Giessen, Lukas

UKÄ Subject classification

Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2013.08.006

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50790