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THIS ESSAY LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM SOLVING ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY. WITH A COMPLEX NOTION OF SOVEREIGNTY AS A BACKDROP, THE REVIEW ARGUES THAT THE PROLIFERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS HAS LED TO A COMPLEX WEB OF SOVEREIGNTY BARGAINS THROUGH WHICH STATES HAVE INCREASED THEIR SOVEREIGNTY VIS-A-VIS- CERTAIN DIMENSIONS EVEN AS THEY HAVE SUFFERED LOSSES OF SOVEREIGNTY VIS-A-VIS OTHERS. ALTHOUGH MORE RESEARCH REMAINS TO BE DONE, ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION APPEARS TO HAVE INDEED ALTERED THE NATURE AND PRACTICE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD.

Because Brazil has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the study of its ecopolitics sheds light on the crucial dimensions of the debate over development and the environment, with important implications for politicians and social scientists. A detailed study of the bureaucratic shapes of public policies concerning the environment reveals how environmental management reflects the main features of the political system and of the social formation of Brazil

'Science, Technology, and Ecopolitics in the USSR' by Miron Rezun is reviewed.