HELGE HVEEM is Professor of Political Science and Research Director at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo. He has published and lectured widely and is a member of several boards and committees both nationally and internationally. - KRISTEN NORDHAUG is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and International Development Studies, Roskilde University. He has previously worked as a researcher at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo.

• List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Preface Introduction; H.Hveem & K.Hordhaug Shooting for Reform: The Interplay of External and Domestic Constraints in Argentina; D.Tussie & M.F.Tuozzo The Limits to Liberalization: Adjustment, the Environment, and Political Reaction in Costa Rica; B.Bull & A.L.Mora Weaving through Paradoxes: Democratization, Globalization, and Environment Politics in South Korea; C.Moon & S.Lim Industry Interests, Institutional Inertia and Activist Groups: Late Liberalization and the Environment in India; K.V.Natraj Reforms as a Domestic and International Process: Liberalization and Industry in Ivory Coast; A.Sindzingre & B.Conte Sunset or Sunrise? Regime Change and Institutional Adjustment in South Africa, A Critical Analysis; P.Vale & L.Swatuk Summary and Conclusions; H.Hveem & K.Nordhaug References Index