Global regimes and nation-states : environmental issues in Australian politics / Robert Boardman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boardman, Robert, 1945-

Series:

Carleton public policy series ; 4.

Carleton public policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Australia.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection--Australia.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : Carleton University Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At a time when environmental issues are prominent on many countries' political agendas, this book examines how one country, Australia, is handling the interplay between international and domestic environmental politics.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Global Arrangements and the Australian Polity

I. Australia and International Environmental Order

2. International Institutions: The Environment and Foreign Policy

3. The Politics of Conservation: Wildlife, Ecosystems and Heritage

4. The International Regulation of Pollution

5. Australia, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

II. Charting the Policy Process

6. Institution-building and Cooperative Federalism

7. Federal-state Diplomacy and International Institutions

8. The Management of International Conventions

9. Domestic Contexts: Environmental Constituencies in Australian Politics

III. The Politics of Regimes

10. Australia and the Global Environment, 1965-1985.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-211) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-53018-X

9786613842633

0-7735-8098-0

OCLC:

767670726