The governing attributes of authority, legitimacy, and accountability are essential to any type of governance to be able to function effectively. For public forms of governing, the attributes are part of the structures and institutions of democratic states, for example, through the tripartition of power, voting, and legal structures. For private forms of governance, such as multi‐stakeholder initiatives (MSIs), these attributes need to be built or attained. This paper sets out to examine how MSIs increase their governing capacity through public–private interactions. Empirically, the paper investigates two national MSIs in mining: the Finnish Sustainable Mining Network and the Chilean Dialogo Territorial. I find that as part of the interactions within the governance sphere of mining, the roles, governance capacity, and expectations toward public and private actors are rearranged. I propose the term “governance transference” to denote the shift of authority, legitimacy, and accountability from one governing body to another. This phenomenon occurs through three mechanisms: lending legitimacy, emulating decision‐making, and enmeshing expectations. The findings extend the previous literature on the outcomes of public–private governance interactions and governance spheres.

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多利益相关方举措中的治理转移以及能力和期望的转变


权力、合法性和问责制等治理属性对于任何类型的治理的有效运作都是至关重要的。对于公共治理形式来说，这些属性是民主国家结构和机构的一部分，例如，通过权力、投票和法律结构的三分制。对于私人治理形式，例如多利益相关者倡议（MSI），需要建立或实现这些属性。本文旨在探讨多方参与如何通过公私互动提高治理能力。根据经验，本文调查了采矿业的两个国家 MSI：芬兰可持续采矿网络和智利对话领土。我发现，作为采矿治理领域内互动的一部分，角色、治理能力以及对公共和私人参与者的期望都被重新安排。我提出“治理转移”一词来表示权力、合法性和责任从一个治理机构转移到另一个治理机构。这种现象通过三种机制发生：借贷合法性、模仿决策和交织期望。研究结果扩展了先前关于公私治理互动和治理领域成果的文献。