Centraliserad decentralisering? En studie av Marrakechprocessen och dess relation till global governance

Sammanfattning: The current debate regarding organizational strategies for sustainable development is influenced by the theory of global governance. Decentralized structures of the global society are taken to use in the realization of a sustainable development. New roles of transnational networks and partnerships raises questions of the ability of global governance to co-ordinate and implement longterm solutions without assistance from centralized and hierarchic structures based on government. The aim for this thesis is to illustrate the current conditions for well-functioning networks of sustainable development and examine the relationship between global governance and government. Issues of participation, decision making and compliance are examined by a case study of the Marrakech process, a global process to support the implementation of sustainable consumption and production. The essay concludes that global governance and government are interdependent preconditions in the creation of long-term and effective networks. Government structures are needed to co-ordinate and realize multi-stakeholder initiatives parallel to the need of decentralized structures to fully implement policies. The Marrakech process illustrates these preconditions of centralized decentralization.