Handbook of Global Environmental Politics

Edited by Peter Dauvergne, Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada

• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Global Environmental Politics: Handbook Topics and ThemesPeter Dauvergne2. Research in Global Environmental Politics: History and TrendsPeter DauvergnePART II: STATES, GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY3. Garrett Hardin and Tragedies of Global CommonsMarvin S. Soroos4. Studying the Global Commons: Governance Without Politics?John Vogler5. Globalization and Environmental Protection on the High SeasElizabeth R. DeSombre6. Renewable Energy and International PoliticsIan H. Rowlands7. Effectiveness, Capacity Development and International Environmental CooperationStacy D. VanDeveer8. Why Environmental Politics Looks Different from the SouthAdil Najam9. Man, The State and Nature: Rethinking Environmental SecurityRichard A. Matthew10. Filthy Rich, Not Dirt Poor! How Nature Nurtures Civil ViolenceIndra de Soysa11. Why is There No Unified Theory of Environmental Governance?Oran R. YoungPART III: CAPITALISM, TRADE AND CORPORATIONS12. Towards a Political Economy of Global Environmental GovernancePeter Newell13. Environmental Governance . . . or Government? The International Politics of Environmental InstrumentsAndrew Jordan, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel and Anthony R. Zito14. Environmental Regulation, Certification and Corporate Standards: A CritiqueRonnie D. Lipschutz15. Incentives Affecting Land Use Decisions of Nonindustrial Private Forest LandownersAbigail M. York, Marco A. Janssen and Elinor Ostrom16. Green Political Economy and the Promise of the Social EconomyJohn Barry and Graham Smith17. Moving the Earth: Cars and the Dynamics of Environmental Politics Matthew Paterson18. Transnational Corporations and Global Environmental GovernanceJennifer Clapp19. Environmental Policy and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Can Developing Countries Escape the Detrimental Consequences of Economic Growth?Matthew A. Cole and Eric Neumayer20. Trade Liberalization and Global Environmental Governance: The Potential for ConflictKate O’Neill and William C.G. Burns21. The Environment, Trade and International OrganizationsJ. Samuel Barkin22. Race to the Middle: Environmental Politics in the Mercosur Free Trade AgreementKathryn HochstetlerPART IV: CIVIL SOCIETIES, KNOWLEDGE AND ETHICS23. Science and Environmental CitizenshipSheila Jasanoff24. Science and International Environmental GovernancePeter M. Haas25. Knowledge and Global Environmental PolicyMarc Williams26. Vulnerability Analysis and Environmental GovernanceMarybeth Long Martello27. Growth and Fragmentation in Expert Networks: The Elusive Quest for Integrated Water Resources Management Ken Conca28. After Nature: Environmental Politics in a Postmodern AgePaul Wapner29. Transnational Environmental Harm, Inequity and the Cosmopolitan ResponseLorraine Elliott30. Gaia Theory: Intimations for Global Environmental PoliticsKaren LitfinIndex

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