ABSTRACT

Written in an accessible and lively style, this ground-breaking text marries a critique of current remedies towards environmental problems to original and viable alternatives.
This text adopts an eco-centric rather than a traditional environmental management perspective to focuses on the key issues such as:
* The effectiveness of international agreements in solving environmental problems
* the role of the structures and constraints within which these agreements operate

part |58 pages

Distinguishing between institutional and environmental effectiveness

part |38 pages

Empirical studies

chapter |21 pages

The consequences of ignoring environmental effectiveness(I)

The Mediterranean Action Plan

chapter |14 pages

The consequences of ignoring environmental effectiveness (II)

The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

part |46 pages

Environment, society and international relations