ABSTRACT

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of Global Environmental Politics. It brings together leading international academic experts and features 40 chapters that:

  • Describe the history of global environmental politics as a discipline and explain the various theories and perspectives used by scholars and students to understand it.
  • Examine the key actors and institutions in global environmental politics, explaining the role of states, international organizations, regimes, international law, foreign policy institutions, domestic politics, corporations and transnational actors.
  • Address the ideas and themes shaping the practice and study of global environmental politics, including sustainability, consumption, expertise, uncertainty, security, diplomacy, North-South relations, globalisation, justice, ethics, participation and citizenship.
  • Assess the key issues and policies within global environmental politics, including energy, climate change, ozone depletion, air pollution, acid rain, sustainable transport, persistent organic pollutants, hazardous wastes, water, rivers, wetlands, oceans, fisheries, marine mammals, biodiversity, migratory species, natural heritage, forests, desertification, food and agriculture.

With an in-depth new preface by the Editor, this edition of the handbook is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, researchers and practitioners of environmental politics, environmental studies, environmental science, geography, international relations and political science.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

Delineating global environmental politics

part |68 pages

Explaining and understanding global environmental politics

chapter |12 pages

Mainstream theories

Realism, rationalism and revolutionism

chapter |14 pages

Alternative theories

Constructivism, Marxism and critical approaches

chapter |16 pages

The study of global environmental politics

Strategies for research and learning

chapter |11 pages

Advanced scholarship

Interdisciplinary research at the science–policy interface

part |104 pages

Actors and institutions in global environmental politics

chapter |12 pages

States

Nations, sovereignty and the international system

chapter |14 pages

International organizations

Global and regional environmental cooperation

chapter |13 pages

International environmental regimes

Formation, effectiveness and trends

chapter |14 pages

International environmental law

Sources, principles, and innovations

chapter |12 pages

Environmental foreign policy

Crossovers among levels of governance

chapter |14 pages

Comparative environmental politics

Domestic institutions and actors

chapter |12 pages

Corporations

Business and industrial influence

chapter |11 pages

Transnational actors

Nongovernmental organizations, civil society and individuals

part |172 pages

Ideas and themes in global environmental politics

chapter |16 pages

Sustainability

Foundational principles

chapter |10 pages

Consumption

Institutions and actors

chapter |16 pages

Expertise

Specialized knowledge in environmental politics and sustainability

chapter |15 pages

Uncertainty

Risk, technology and the future

chapter |13 pages

Environmental security

International, national, and human

chapter |13 pages

Environmental diplomacy

International conferences and negotiations

chapter |12 pages

North–South relations

Colonialism, empire and international order

chapter |12 pages

Globalization and the environment

Markets, finance, and trade

chapter |12 pages

International justice

Rights and obligations of states

chapter |13 pages

Environmental justice

Pollution, poverty, and marginalized communities

chapter |12 pages

Environmental ethics

Philosophy, ecology and other species

chapter |14 pages

Participation

Public opinion and environmental action

chapter |12 pages

Environmental citizenship

Global, local and individual

part |174 pages

Key issues and policies in global environmental politics

chapter |12 pages

Hazardous wastes

chapter |12 pages

Forests

chapter |14 pages

Desertification