Governing a Common Sea Environmental Policies in the Baltic Sea Region

'This is a very welcome volume, and it will reach a large audience and readership among those involved in these issues from a truly multidisciplinary perspective; in essence, a much needed book! - Erik Bonsdorff, professor of marine biology at Abo Akademi University, Finland

'This timely volume provides a thorough account of how the highly advanced industrial societies seek to govern and manage the Baltic Sea. The way they proceed, and the degree to which they succeed, provide valuable lessons for riparian states seeking to avoid tragedies of their commons.' - Lennart J. Lundqvist, professor of environmental policy and administration, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

'Environmental problems are never only to do with the environment: in order to understand and then address them we must take a wider, multifaceted perspective. And this book does this well ... This is an interesting and well-researched book.' - Liza Griffin, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

'Effective governance is... still far off. Governing a Common Sea comes quite some way in explaining why'. Journal of Baltic Studies