LEGITIMACY IN EUROPEAN NATURE

PART 1: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: European Nature Conservation Policy MakingFrom Substantive to Procedural Sources of LegitimacyEwald Engelen, Jozef Keulartz & Gilbert Leistra PART 2: COUNTRIESChapter 2: Endangered LegitimacyNature Policy in Flanders: Messy Participation Strategies Dirk Bogaert & Pieter Leroy Chapter 3: Nature Policy in FlandersMessy Participation or Unfavourable circumstances?Comments by Erik van ZadelhoffChapter 4: Between European Injunction and Local ConsultationAnalyzing the Territorialization Process for a Public Nature Conservation Initiative in FranceFlorence PintonChapter 5: The Local Implementation of Nature PolicyDeliberative Democracy or Interest Politics?Comments by Henk van den BeltChapter 6: Legitimacy of Biodiversity Policies in a Multi-Level Setting The Case of GermanyMarkus LeibenathChapter 7: Are Conflicts of Nature Distributive Conflicts?Comments by Michiel Korthals PART 3: PROTECTED AREASChapter 8: Creation of a Bottom-up Nature Conservation Policy in PolandThe Case of the West Polesie Biosphere ReserveTadeusz J. Chmielewski & Jaroslaw Krogulec Chapter 9: Nature Conservation in Poland and the NetherlandsBottom-up or Bottom Line?Comments by Henny van der WindtChapter 10:Legitimacy Problems in Spanish Nature PolicyThe case of Donana Susana Aguilar FernandezChapter 11: How to Deal With Legitimacy in Nature Conservation Policy?Comments by Jan van TatenhoveChapter 12: Resistance to Top-down Conservation Policy and the Search for New Participatory ModelsThe Case of Bergö-Malax¿ Outer Archipelago in FinlandSusanna BjörkellChapter 13: Visions and Scales of Nature and Society in Nature Management Comments by Jacques SwartChapter 14: Conservation in Context: A View from BelowImplementation of Conservation Policies on the North York MoorsElizabeth Oughton & Jane Wheelock Chapter 15: Towards governance and procedural sources of legitimacy?Comments by Marielle van der Zouwen PART 4: PROTECTED SPECIESChapter 16: Wintering Geese in the

From the reviews:"Numerous expert contributors-25 in total-examine issues of governance and legitimacy via exploring various European case studies. ... the text to be straightforward, the discussions of policy issues to be informative, and the examinations of legitimacy production to be revealing. ... accessible to novices of EU nature conservation policy as well as to experts in the field. ... With its breadth of information, depth of discussion, and clarity of presentation, this text is accessible to both novices and experts of EU nature conservation policy."­­­ (Sarah Beach, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Vol. 24, 2011)