Global environmental politics /
When Global Environmental PoliticsWhen Global Environmental Politics was first published, the environment was just emerging as a pivotal issue in traditional international relations. Today, the environment is considered a central topic to discussions of international politics, political economy, int...
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| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colo. :
Westview Press,
[2006]
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
| Series: | Dilemmas in world politics.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | When Global Environmental PoliticsWhen Global Environmental Politics was first published, the environment was just emerging as a pivotal issue in traditional international relations. Today, the environment is considered a central topic to discussions of international politics, political economy, international organization, and the relationship between foreign and domestic policy. With new and updated case studies throughout, a revised chapter on improving compliance with international environmental regimes, and a new section on environment within the larger context of sustainable development, this classic text is more complete and up-to-date than any survey of international environmental politics on the market. In addition to providing a concise yet comprehensive overview of global environmental issues, the authors have worked to contextualize key topics such as the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Kyoto Protocol, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, international forest policy, and the trade, development and environment nexus. Environmental concerns from global warming to biodiversity loss to whaling are seen as challenges to transnational relations, with governments, NGOs, IGOs, and MNCs all involved in the multilateral interaction that is necessary to address the ever-complicated subject of global environmental politics. Book jacket. was first published, the environment was just emerging as a pivotal issue in traditional international relations. Today, the environment is considered a central topic to discussions of international politics, political economy, international organization, and the relationship between foreign and domestic policy. With new and updated case studies throughout, a revised chapter on improving compliance with international environmental regimes, and a new section on environment within the larger context of sustainable development, this classic text is more complete and up-to-date than any survey of international environmental politics on the market. In addition to providing a concise yet comprehensive overview of global environmental issues, the authors have worked to contextualize key topics such as the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Kyoto Protocol, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, international forest policy, and the trade, development and environment nexus. Environmental concerns from global warming to biodiversity loss to whaling are seen as challenges to transnational relations, with governments, NGOs, IGOs, and MNCs all involved in the multilateral interaction that is necessary to address the ever-complicated subject of global environmental politics. Book jacket. Includes information on biodiversity, Basel Convention on Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), climate change, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), deforestation, desertification, developing countries, economic development, European Union (EU), fisheries, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), forests, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), global warming, greenhouse gases, Greenpeace, hazardous waste trade, Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Organization for Economic Development and cooperation (OECD), ozone depletion, ozone layer, pesticides, Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, sustainability, toxic chemicals, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earthwatch), whaling, World Bank, World Trade Organization, etc. |
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| Item Description: | Revised edition of: Global environmental politics / Gareth Porter, Janet Welsh Brown, and Pamela S. Chasek. 3rd edition 2000. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-314) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813343321 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780813343327 (pbk. : alk. paper) |