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Gerlak, A., Eimer, T., Brisbois, M., Mills-Novoa, M., Schmitz, L., Luimers, J., & Abernethy, P. (2020). Power(ful) and Power(less): A Review of Power in the ESG–Agency Scholarship. In M. Betsill, T. Benney, & A. Gerlak (Eds.), Agency in Earth System Governance (pp. 65-72). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108688277.005
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688277.005
Michele M. Betsill, Tabitha M. Benney, Andrea K. Gerlak,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
ESG–Agency scholars frequently use power as an explanatory variable, but often without definition or theoretical conceptualization. − Reflections on power in earth system governance research are divided between agency-centered (power to) and structure-centered (power over) perspectives, which mirrors the historic schism between liberal and critical International Relations scholars. − In the future, more comprehensive conceptualizations of power will strengthen the persuasiveness of normative arguments in ESG–Agency scholarship.