Palgrave Advances in International Environmental Politics / Edition 1

by M. Betsill, K. Hochstetler, D. Stevis

Overview

Palgrave Advances in International Environmental Politics provides a state of the art review of the major theoretical approaches and substantive debates of the field. The first section reviews the historical development of international environmental politics as well as the theoretical and methodological approaches used in its study. The following chapters each review the trajectory of a key research area within international environmental politics and elaborate on current approaches and debates. Case studies in each chapter illuminate the main theoretical questions that emerge from the review.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403921079
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/26/2005
Series:	Palgrave Advances
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	385
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

FRANK BIERMANN Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany HANS BRUYNINCKX Wageningen University, The Netherlands JENNIFER CLAPP Trent University, Canada ELISABETH CORELL Swedish Institue of International Affairs, Sweden GABRIELLA KÜTTING University of Aberdeen, UK MELINDA LAITURI Colorado State University, USA BRAD PARKS The College of William and Mary, USA MATTHEW PATERSON Keele University, UK SANDRA ROSE University of Kassel, Germany TIMMONS ROBERTS The College of William and Mary, USA LARRY SWATUK University of Botswana, Africa JØRGEN WETTESTAD Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

Table of Contents

Introduction; M.Betsill, K.Hochstetler & D.Stevis PART I: THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS The Trajectory of the Study of the International Environmental Politics; D.Stevis Theoretical Perspectives on International Environmental Politics; M.Paterson Methods in International Environmental Politics; K.Hochstetler & M.Laituri PART II: THE FORCES THAT SHAPE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS The Environment as a Global Issue; G.Kütting & S.Rose International Political Economy and the Environment; J.Clapp Transnational Actors in International Environmental Politics; M.Betsill Environmental Security; L.Swatuk Global Governance and the Environment; F.Biermann PART III: NORMATIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR EVALUATING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS Sustainable Development: A Contested Policy Concept; H.Bruyninckx The Effectiveness of Environmental Policies; J.Wettestad General Conclusion; M.Betsill, K.Hochstetler and D.Stevis Environmental and Ecological Justice; T.Roberts & B.Parks