Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-14580-8 (ISBN)
This handbook brings together leading international academic experts to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of global environmental politics.
Fully revised, updated and expanded to 45 chapters, the book:
Describes the history of global environmental politics as a discipline and explains the various theories and perspectives used by scholars and students to understand it
Examines the key actors and institutions in global environmental politics, explaining the roles of states, international organizations, regimes, international law, foreign policy institutions, domestic politics, corporations and transnational actors
Addresses the ideas and themes shaping the practice and study of global environmental politics, including sustainability, consumption, expertise, uncertainty, security, diplomacy, North-South relations, globalization, justice, ethics, public participation and citizenship
Assesses the key issues and policies within global environmental politics, including energy, climate change, ozone depletion, air pollution, acid rain, transport, persistent organic pollutants, hazardous wastes, rivers, wetlands, oceans, fisheries, marine mammals, biodiversity, migratory species, natural heritage, forests, desertification, food and agriculture
This second edition includes new chapters on plastics, climate change, energy, earth system governance and the Anthropocene. It is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, researchers and practitioners of environmental politics, environmental studies, environmental science, geography, globalization, international relations and political science.
Chapter 19 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com
Paul G. Harris has authored or edited 25 books on global environmental and climate change politics, policy and justice. He is the Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.
Part I: Introduction 1. Global environmental politics: charting the domain Part II: Explaining and understanding global environmental politics 2. The discipline of global environmental politics: a short history 3. Mainstream theories: realism, rationalism and revolutionism 4. Alternative theories: constructivism, Marxism, critical theory and feminism 5. The study of global environmental politics: strategies for research and learning 6. Advanced scholarship: interdisciplinary research at the science–policy interface Part III: Actors and institutions in global environmental politics 7. States: nations, sovereignty and the international system 8. International organizations: global and regional environmental cooperation 9. International environmental regimes: formation, effectiveness, trends and challenges 10. International environmental law: sources, principles and innovations 11. Environmental foreign policy: crossovers among levels of governance 12. Comparative environmental politics: contributions from an emerging field 13. Corporations: business and industrial influence 14. Transnational actors: Nongovernmental organizations, civil society and individuals Part IV: Ideas and themes in global environmental politics 15. The Anthropocene: rethinking humanity's role in the earth system 16. Sustainability: from ideas to action in international relations 17. Consumption: institutions and actors 18. Expertise: specialized knowledge in environmental politics and sustainability 19. Uncertainty: risk, technology and the future 20. Environmental security: international scope, national regimes and the human dimension 21. Earth system governance: world politics in the post-environmental age 22. Environmental diplomacy: international conferences and negotiations 23. North–South relations: colonialism, empire and international order 24. Globalization and the environment: economic changes and challenges 25. International justice: rights and obligations of states 26. Environmental justice: pollution, poverty and marginalized communities 27. Environmental ethics: philosophy, ecology and other species 28. Participation: public opinion and environmental action 29. Environmental citizenship: de-politicizing or re-politicizing environmental politics? Part V: Key issues and policies in global environmental politics 30. Air pollution and acid rain: early action and slowing progress 31. Stratospheric ozone depletion: elements of success in global environmental politics 32. Climate change: international diplomacy and governance from top to bottom 33. Energy: political–economic strategies 34. Transport and infrastructure: toward sustainable mobility 35. Persistent organic pollutants: managing threats to human health and the environment 36. Hazardous waste: fragmented governance and aspirations for environmental justice 37. Plastics: from resources to waste and back again 38. Water, rivers and wetlands: governance paradigms and principles 39. Pollution and management of oceans and seas: challenges in an unresponsive international system 40. Fisheries and marine mammals: the complexities of collective management 41. Biodiversity, migratory species and natural heritage: global challenges ahead 42. Forests: the political ecology of international environmental governance 43. Desertification: competing knowledge claims and land-management agendas 44. Food and agriculture: global dynamics and environmental consequences Part VI: Conclusion 45. The promises of global environmental politics: prospects for study and practice
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.03.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 12 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 843 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-14580-3 / 1032145803 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-14580-8 / 9781032145808 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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