Methodological approaches and considerations in regulatory research

Losoncz, Ibolya

doi:10.22459/rt.02.2017.05

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“…Of course, these are simplified caricatures of the two dominant traditions or ideologies. Yet, in considering them as two ends of a spectrum, it is easier to understand ontological and epistemological innovations that have emerged (Carson et al, 2001;losConz, 2017). For example, positivism is often critiqued for being too rigid for studies that involve social agents and social events, where contested values are inevitably present -a critique voiced in many studies by earth system governance scholars.…”

Section: Ontology and Epistemology -Different Ways Of Knowingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Recourse at the Multilateral Development Banks

Park

2020

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Global governance now provides people with recourse for harm through International Grievance Mechanisms, such as the Independent Accountability Mechanisms of the Multilateral Development Banks. Yet little is known about how such mechanisms work. This Element examines how IGMs provide recourse for infringements of three procedural environmental rights: access to information, access to participation, and access to justice in environmental matters, as well as environmental protections drawn from the United Nations Guiding Principles and the World Bank's protection standards. A content analysis of 394 original IAM claims details how people invoke these rights. The sections then unpack how the IAMs provide community engagement through 'problem solving', and 'compliance investigations' that identify whether the harm resulted from the MDBs. Using a database of all known submissions to the IAMs (1,052 claims from 1994 to mid-2019), this Element demonstrate how the IAMs enable people to air their grievances, without necessarily solving their problems.

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Section: Ontology and Epistemology -Different Ways Of Knowingmentioning

confidence: 99%