Conducting research on global environmental agreement-making / edited by Hannah Hughes, Cardiff University, Alice B. M. Vadrot, University of Vienna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hughes, Hannah, 1980- editor.

Vadrot, Alice B. M., editor.

Series:

Earth System Governance series (Cambridge University Press)

Earth System Governance series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Environmental protection.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Global environmental negotiations have become central sites for studying the interaction between politics, power, and environmental degradation. This book challenges what constitutes the sites, actors, and processes of negotiations beyond conventional approaches and provides a critical, multidisciplinary, and applied perspective reflecting recent developments, such as the increase of actor diversity and the digitalisation of global environmental meetings. It provides a step-by-step guide to the study of global environmental negotiations using accessible language and illustrative examples from different negotiation settings, including climate change, biodiversity, and ocean protection. It introduces the concept of 'agreement-making' to broaden understanding of what is studied as a 'site' of negotiation, illustrating how diverse methods can be applied to research the actors, processes, and order-making. It provides practical guidance and methodological tools for students, researchers and practitioners participating in global environmental agreement-making. One of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project: www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

Contents:

Introduction : a broadened understanding of global environmental negotiations / Hannah Hughes and Alice B. M. Vadro

Starting : practical and ethical considerations / Alice B. M. Vadrot and Hannah Hughes

Frameworks : developing and working with analytical frameworks / Michele Betsill and Naghmeh Nasiritousi

Concepts : selecting, applying and innovating concepts / Hannah Hughes and Alice B. M. Vadrot

Stakes : conducting relational research with Indigenous peoples / Marcela Vecchione-Gon calves with Hannah Hughes

Negotiations : navigating global environmental conferences / Tracy Bach and Beth Martin

Beyond negotiations : studying side events, exhibition booths, and other neglected conference spaces / Jennifer Bansard

Texts : collecting and analyzing event documents / Jennifer Iris Allan and Pamela Chasek

Interviews : conducting and using interviews on and at negotiations / Yulia Yamineva

Ethnography : from method to methodology at plural sites of agreement-making / Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya and Laura Zanotti

Collaboration : working together across time and space / Noella J. Gray, Catherine Corson, Lisa M. Campbell, Peter R. Wilshusen, Rebecca L. Gruby, and Shannon Hagerman

Networks : collecting data for social network analysis / Matthew Paterson

Experiences : reflecting and comparing research on negotiations / Arne Langlet, Timo Leiter, Ina Tessnow -Von Wysocki, and Harriet Thew

Adapting : responding to unforeseen research circumstances / Alice B. M. Vadrot

Conclusions : reflecting on the future (study) of global environmental agreement-making / Alice B. M. Vadrot and Hannah Hughes.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2023).

ISBN:

1-009-18912-3

1-009-18914-X

1-009-17945-4