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Environment, society, and international relations : towards more effective international environmental agreements / Gabriela Kutting.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kütting, Gabriela, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--International cooperation.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 173 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Written in an accessible and lively style, this ground-breaking text marries a critique of current remedies towards environmental problems to original and viable alternatives. This text adopts an eco-centric rather than a traditional environmental management perspective to focuses on the key issues such as: * The effectiveness of international agreements in solving environmental problems * the role of the structures and constraints within which these agreements operate
- Contents:
- Environment, Society and International Relations Towards more effective international environmental agreements; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Part I Distinguishing between institutional and environmental effectiveness; 1 Introduction; 2 International environmental cooperation and IR: what is missing?; 3 IR theory and effectiveness; 4 The four determinants of environmental effectiveness; Part II Empirical studies; 5 The consequences of ignoring environmental effectiveness (I): the Mediterranean Action Plan
- 6 The consequences of ignoring environmental effectiveness (II): the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution; Part III Environment, society and international relations; 7 Social and structural origins of environmental degradation; 8 The social origins and context of acid rain and pollution of the Mediterranean Sea; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-167) and index.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-32951-3
- 0-203-13080-4
- 0-203-17025-3
- 9780203130803
- OCLC:
- 48139627
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