This title contributes to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change. The introductory … essay proposes a new framework for analyzing incremental change, and subsequent chapters provide empirical case studies from …

Legitimacy is regarded as one critical aspect of biodiversity management and nature conservation arrangements. Multi …-level governance is claimed to pose several challenges to legitimacy. The aim of this paper is to review some legitimacy challenges in … these challenges. Four legitimacy criteria - legal compatibility, accountability, representation and inclusion, and …