Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 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.