Creating Regimes : Arctic Accords and International Governance / Oran R. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Oran R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International cooperation.

Arctic regions--International status.

Arctic regions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Oran R. Young is a key participant in recent debates among international relations scholars about the dynamics of rule-making and rule-following in international society. In this book, he weaves together theoretical issues relating to the formation of international regimes and substantive issues relating to the emergence of the Arctic as a distinct region in world affairs. Young divides the overall process of regime formation into three stages-agenda formation, negotiation, and operationalization-and argues that each stage has its own particular political dynamics. Efforts to explain or predict developments in specific issue areas, he suggests, require careful attention to each stage in the process. Empirically, Young examines in detail the events leading to the formation of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and the Barents Euro-Arctic Region. Although these cases exhibit the defining characteristics of all international regimes, they broaden our understanding of institutional arrangements that are largely programmatic, rather than regulatory, in nature and that are based on soft-law agreements.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

CHAPTER ONE. The Stages of International Regime Formation

CHAPTER TWO. International Cooperation in the Arctic

CHAPTER THREE. Agenda Formation: The Finnish Initiative and the Norwegian Initiative

CHAPTER FOUR. Negotiation: The Roads to Rovaniemi and Kirkenes

CHAPTER FIVE. Operationalization: Activating the AEPS and the BEAR

CHAPTER SIX. Comparing the Stages of Regime Formation

Appendix A. DECORATION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT

Appendix B. ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STRATEGY

Appendix C. DECLARATION ON COOPERATION IN THE BARENTS EURO-ARCTIC REGION

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-1141-5

OCLC:

1080551182