Multi-actor and multi-level governance mechanisms are of increasing importance. This paper discusses the nature of such mechanisms and the conditions for their evaluation. Drawing on recent research, the paper reviews governance evaluation methods and concludes that they are insufficient to...

This article discusses a study of the perceptions of ecosystem services in pond fish farming in the Lorraine region, one of the principal pond fish farming regions in France. In total, 668 people were surveyed from four types of population: fish farmers, economic and institutional stakeholders,...

Older people should be a central focus of electoral sociology. They are increasingly numerous in aging Western societies. Most importantly, they vote more than the average and are thus over-represented among voters. This is a very important issue because older people are characterized by...