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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |58 pages
Distinguishing between institutional and environmental effectiveness
chapter |9 pages
Introduction
chapter |12 pages
International environmental cooperation and IR: what is missing?
chapter |15 pages
IR theory and effectiveness
chapter |21 pages
The four determinants of 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