Klappentext: Environmental issues are increasingly important factors in world politics - just think of the intense speculation over the climate change discussions at the forthcoming G8 summit. The study of global environmental politics draws on a variety of academic traditions. It uses international relations theory to look at the concerns and actions of states, but has also had to find a variety of new concepts and perspectives in order to explain issues unique to the study of the environment. Here, DeSombre examines four important aspects of the field: international environmental cooperation; the relationship between the environment and security; the issues of science, uncertainty and risk; and the role of non-state actors. In the second half of the book she examines these issues through the use of case studies on specific problems facing the global environment, including global change, the politics of whaling, the protection of Amazonian biodiversity and acid rain in Europe and North America.
Introduction -- International environmental cooperation -- Science, uncertainty, and risk -- Developing countries in global environmental politics -- The role of non-governmental actors -- Ozone depletion and climate change -- Whaling and whale conservation -- Biodiversity in the amazon and elsewhere -- Acid rain and regional transboundary air pollution agreements -- Conclusion.
In: International Relations for the 21st Century Ser.
In: International relations for the 21st century
In: Continuum studies in global politics
In: International relations for the 21st century
Englisch
Continuum
9780826490513, 0826490514, 9780826490520, 0826490522
VI, 276 S.
2. ed.
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