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Managers of global change : the influence of international environmental bureaucracies / edited by Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhuner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International officials and employees.
- Environmental agencies--Officials and employees.
- Environmental agencies.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (383 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title is an examination of the role and relevance of international bureaucracies in global environmental governance. After a discussion of theoretical context, reaserch design, and empiral methodology, the book presents nine in-depth case studies of bureaucracies.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; List of Acronyms; 1 The Role and Relevance of International Bureaucracies: Setting the Stage; 2 Understanding International Bureaucracies: Taking Stock; 3 Studying the Influence of International Bureaucracies: A Conceptual Framework; 4 The OECD Environment Directorate: The Art of Persuasion and Its Limitations; 5 The World Bank: Making the Business Case for the Environment; 6 The Secretariat of the International Maritime Organization: A Tanker for Tankers; 7 The Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Programme: Tangled Up in Blue
- 8 The Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility: From Network to Bureaucracy9 The Ozone Secretariat: The Good Shepherd of Ozone Politics; 10 The Climate Secretariat: Making a Living in a Straitjacket; 11 The Biodiversity Secretariat: Lean Shark in Troubled Waters; 12 The Desertification Secretariat: A Castle Made of Sand; 13 The Influence of International Bureaucracies in World Politics: Findings from the MANUS Research Program; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-69429-4
- 9786612694295
- 0-262-25859-5
- OCLC:
- 459794722
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