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dc.contributor.author | Cassar, Clinton | - |
dc.contributor.author | Vassallo, Mario Thomas | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-06T12:22:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-06T12:22:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Cassar, C., & Vassallo, M. T. (2022). Mapping out cross-sectoral collaboration and multi-level governance within single use plastic policy: an analysis. In S. Grima., E., EÖzen., & R. Dalli Gonzi (Eds.), Insurance and Risk Management for Disruptions in Social, Economic and Environmental Systems: Decision and Control Allocations within New Domains of Risk (pp.1-28). United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781801171397 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/97196 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Undeniably, plastic usage is predominant in our daily lives, featuring in an endless list of items such as bottles, disposables, packaging and fabric. At prima facie, plastic disposal causes irreversible damage to the natural environment, especially oceans. However, it also impacts human health and wellbeing, especially since its toxins or microplastics find themselves in the food chain. Since plastic causes a myriad of negative effects on the natural environment and human health, the urgency to ban it has been addressed by international organizations and the European Union (EU). Being the smallest member state within the EU, Malta presents an insightful case study of how different levels of governance and a plethora of state and non-state actors engage in a game-like interaction. To this effect, this chapter sheds light on the implications of plastic pollution vis-á-vis sustainability and wellbeing, addressed through multi-level governance. The research core revolves around an investigation on the institutional intricacies in addressing the wicked problem of single-use plastic by mapping out the different layers of policy-making mechanisms that are involved, ranging from local to European and international governance, and from governmental to civil society centric strategies. A positivist ontology is activated to underpin the exploratory nature of this study. Through the application of content analysis of selected documentation, the extent of coordination and synergies among the different policy actors across a multi-layered governance platform is put under scrutiny. Quantitative findings are utilized to validate or contradict the original set of hypotheses and to propose a number of policy and governance recommendations that are useful to researchers and practitioners in the fields of public policy, politics, environmental science, public health and wellbeing, as well as insurance and risk management. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Emerald | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Plastic scrap -- Environmental aspects -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Plastics -- Environmental aspects -- Government policy -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Plastics -- Recycling -- Government policy -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Plastic scrap -- Malta -- Management -- Case studies | en_GB |
dc.subject | Plastic scrap -- Law and legislation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sustainable development -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Mapping out cross-sectoral collaboration and multi-level governance within single use plastic policy : an analysis | en_GB |
dc.title.alternative | Insurance and risk management for disruptions in social, economic and environmental systems : decision and control allocations within new domains of risk | en_GB |
dc.type | bookPart | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1108/9781801171397 | - |
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