Environmentalism and global international society / Robert Falkner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falkner, Robert, 1967- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 156.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 156

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--International cooperation--History.

Environmentalism.

Environmental protection--International cooperation--History.

Environmental protection.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Environmentalism and Global International Society reveals how environmental values and ideas have transformed the normative structure of international relations. Falkner argues that environmental stewardship has become a universally accepted fundamental norm, or primary institution, of global international society. He traces the history of environmentalism's rise from a loose set of ideas originating in the nineteenth century to a globally applicable norm in the twentieth century, which has come to redefine international legitimacy and states' global responsibilities. He shows how this deep norm change came about as a result of the interplay between non-state and state actors, and how the new environmental norm has interacted with the existing primary institutions of global international society, most notably sovereignty and territoriality, diplomacy, international law, and the market. This book shifts the attention from the presentist focus in the study of global environmental politics to the longue durée of global norm change in the greening of international relations.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The greening of global international society

Part I. Theory

2 English school theory and global environmental politics

3 The idea of environmentalism

Part II. History

4 The origins of global environmentalism

5 The emergence of environmental stewardship as a primary institution

6 The globalisation of environmental stewardship

7 Environmental stewardship between consolidation and contestation

Part III. Analytical perspectives

8 Solidarist ambition

9 Pluralist constraints

10 World society to the rescue?

Part IV. Conclusions

11 Conclusions: International relations in the anthropocene.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Aug 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108966696 (electronic book)

9781108967556

1108967558

9781108966696

1108966691

9781108967761

1108967760

OCLC:

1262193342