Global environmental politics
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Global environmental politics
（Dilemmas in world politics）
Westview Press, 2000
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a good introduction to global environmental politics, the actors and the issues involved and the socioeconomic factors that have an impact on both the actors and the issues. The first two editions have distinguished themselves in the market by providing a concise and comprehensive overview survey of international environmental politics. . When Global Environmental Politics was first published, the environment was just emerging as a pivotal issue in traditional international relations. Today, the environment is considered to be a central topic to discussions of political economy and the relationship between foreign and domestic policyand so much has changed that more than half of the book has been revised. With a new case study on fisheries, a new chapter on improving compliance with international environmental regimes and a new section on trade and environment, this classic work is more complete and up-to-date than any survey of international environmental politics on the market.
In addition to providing a concise yet comprehensive overview of global environmental issues, the authors have worked to contextualize key topics such as the 1992 Earth Summit, the Kyoto Protocol, international forest policy, and the trade and environment nexus. Environmental concerns from global warming to ozone depletion to whaling are seen as challenges to transnational relations, with governments, NGOs, IGOs, and MNCs all involved in the multilateral interaction that is necessary to solve growing global environmental politics.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Acronyms
- 1. The Emergence of Global Environmental Politics
- Global Macrotrends
- An Introduction to Global Environmental Politics
- International Regimes in Environmental Politics
- Paradigm Shift and Environmental Politics
- The 1992 Earth Summit
- Conclusion
- 2. Actors in the Environmental Arena
- Nation-State Actors: Roles and Interests
- International Organizations as Actors
- Nongovernmental Organizations as Actors
- Corporations as Actors
- Conclusion
- 3. The Development of Environmental Regimes: Ten Case Studies
- Transboundary Air Pollution (Acid Rain)
- Ozone Depletion
- Whaling
- The Trade in Ivory from African Elephants
- International Toxic Waste Trade
- The Antarctic Environment
- Climate Change
- Biodiversity Loss
- Desertification
- Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
- Conclusion
- 4. Implementation, Financing and Strengthening Environmental Regimes
- Improving Compliance with Environmental Conventions
- Financing Global Environmental Regimes and Agenda 21
- Conclusion
- 5. Economics, Development and the Future of Global Environmental Politics
- North-South Economic Relations and the Environment
- Trade and the Environment
- The Politics and Economics of Global Forest Loss
- Conclusion: Toward Effective Global Environmental Regimes
- Discussion Questions
- Notes
- Suggested Readings
- Internet Resources
- Glossary
- Chronology
- Index
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