Abstract
Norms are conceptualized in different ways by ESG–Agency scholars, including as regulatory instruments, as part of the surrounding structure, as the outcome of a legitimation procedure, or as an expectation of the researcher. − Actors who engage with norms exercise agency by shaping, strategically interpreting, and using, as well as managing other actors’ interpretations of norms.− Future research could benefit from more explicitly theorizing the interaction of agency and norms by integrating existing empirical insights and increasing the geographic diversity of scholarship
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Agency in Earth System Governance |
| Editors | Michele M. Betsill, Tabitha M. Benney, Andrea K. Gerlak |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pages | 120-130 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108688277 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108484053, 9781108705875 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- norms
- law
- learning
- architecture
- legitimacy
- authority