Analyzing international environmental regimes : from case study to database / Helmut Breitmeier, Oran R. Young, and Michael Zurn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breitmeier, Helmut.

Contributor:

Young, Oran R.

Zürn, Michael, 1959-

Series:

Global environmental accords.

Global environmental accord

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental sciences--Information services.

Environmental sciences.

Environmental sciences--Databases.

Environmental management--International cooperation.

Environmental management.

International regimes database.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Regime theory has become an increasingly influential approach to the analysis of international relations, particularly in the areas of international political economy and international environmental politics. The conceptual appeal of the idea of "governance without government"--in which a combination of different organizations and institutions supply governance to address specific problems--reflects a world in which the demand for governance is great but the familiar mechanisms for supplying it are weak. Most research on international regimes employs qualitative methods, often using case studies to develop larger theoretical arguments; but a lack of standardization makes comparative analysis difficult. Analyzing International Environmental Regimes introduces the International Regimes Database (IRD), an important methodological innovation that allows scholars to adopt a quantitative approach to the study of international regimes.The IRD is a relational database that makes it possible to compare records on specific aspects of a number of international environmental regimes that are coded using a single, well-defined set of concepts, definitions, and scales. The book first describes the database and discusses a number of methodological, technical, and architectural issues. It then illustrates the use of the IRD as an analytic tool, drawing on the database for descriptive statistics to evaluate theoretical ideas about compliance, decision rules, and the role of knowledge. A CD containing the full IRD data protocol and all the data currently in the database accompanies the book.

Contents:

Intro

Series Foreword

Preface The Long Road to Cumulative Knowledge

1 Regime Theory: Achievements and Challenges

2 Database Architecture, Case Structures, and Coding Procedures

3 Sources of Compliance with International Regimes

4 Decision Rules, Compliance Mechanisms, and the Effectiveness of Regimes

5 Programmatic Activities, Knowledge, and Environmental Problem Solving

6 Conclusion: Key Findings and Future Directions

Appendix A Excerpts from the IRD Data Protocol

Appendix B Using Formal Concept Analysis to Explore the International Regimes Database

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-09831-4

9786612098314

0-262-26923-6

1-4294-0991-6

OCLC:

182531000