How can polycentric governance promote the development of ecosocial policies within existing policy systems? Through a study of green reforms of Danish vocational education, the paper argues that polycentric governance institutions are particularly useful at engaging constituent actors in innovation and constructive collaboration over reforming education programs to integrate ecological goals into vocational education. Combining significant autonomy for governance units and their nesting in a larger governance structure, polycentric governance helps address three key governance challenges: developing agreement among actors with clashing material interests about what green transformation entails; identifying how joint gains can be reached within a common vision of the development of the economy; and setting up an institutional structure that supports continuous adjustment to respond to technological advances and shifting social demands. Polycentric governance is, however, not a panacea. The state thus plays an important role in supporting autonomous governance units to develop ecosocial policies.

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通过多中心治理整合生态社会政策：丹麦职业教育和培训的绿色转型研究


多中心治理如何在现有政策体系内促进生态社会政策的发展？通过对丹麦职业教育绿色改革的研究，本文认为，多中心治理机构在让选民参与创新和建设性合作方面特别有用，而不是改革教育计划，将生态目标纳入职业教育。多中心治理将治理单位的重要自主权及其嵌套在一个更大的治理结构中相结合，有助于解决三个关键的治理挑战：在物质利益冲突的行为者之间就绿色转型的含义达成协议;确定如何在经济发展的共同愿景下实现共同收益;以及建立一个支持持续调整以应对技术进步和不断变化的社会需求的制度结构。然而，多中心治理并不是万能的。因此，国家在支持自治治理单位制定生态社会政策方面发挥着重要作用。