Global environmental politics / Gareth Porter, Janet Welsh Brown and Pamela S. Chasek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Gareth, 1942-

Contributor:

Brown, Janet Welsh.

Chasek, Pamela S., 1961-

Series:

Dilemmas in world politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.

Summary:

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 policy--and so much has changed that more than half of the book has been revised for this edition. 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 environmental 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 problems.

Contents:

1 The Emergence of Global Environmental Politics 1

Global Macrotrends 2

An Introduction to Global Environmental Politics 9

International Regimes in Environmental Politics 12

Paradigm Shift and Environmental Politics 20

The 1992 Earth Summit 25

2 Actors in the Environmental Arena 35

Nation-State Actors: Roles and Interests 35

International Organizations as Actors 44

Nongovernmental Organizations as Actors 61

Corporations as Actors 71

3 The Development of Environmental Regimes: Ten Case Studies 79

Transboundary Air Pollution (Acid Rain) 83

Ozone Depletion 87

Whaling 93

The Trade in Ivory from African Elephants 98

International Toxic Waste Trade 103

The Antarctic Environment 108

Climate Change 112

Biodiversity Loss 124

Desertification 130

Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks 135

4 Implementing and Financing Environmental Regimes 147

Improving Compliance with Environmental Conventions 148

Financing Global Environmental Regimes and Agenda 21 156

5 Economics, Development, and the Future of Global Environmental Politics 175

North-South Economic Relations and the Environment 176

Trade and the Environment 182

The Politics and Economics of Global Forest Loss 199

Conclusion: Toward Effective Global Environmental Regimes 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260) and index.

ISBN:

0813368456

OCLC:

43674114