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International environmental accords have become important mechanisms by which nations make promises to administer natural resources & manage the global environment. Previous studies, relying mainly on single cases or small-n data sets, have shed light on the proximate political causes of participation in these agreements. However, no study has yet systematically explained the deeper social determinants of why nations sign, ignore, or resist environmental treaties. We offer a theoretically sequenced model that exploits complementarities between rational choice institutionalism & world-systems theory. Key variables posited by realists & constructivists are also examined, using a new environmental treaty participation index based on ratifications of 22 major environmental agreements by 192 nations. Cross-sectional OLS regression & path analysis strongly supports the institutionalist claim that credibility -- the willingness & ability to honor one's international environmental commitments -- "matters." But these measures also lend considerable support to the world-systems hypothesis that state credibility is strongly influenced by a legacy of colonial incorporation into the world economy. Narrow export base -- our proxy for disadvantaged position in the world economy -- directly & indirectly (through institutions & civil society strength) explains nearly six-tenths of national propensity to sign environmental treaties. A nation's natural capital, its ecological vulnerability, & international environmental NGO memberships had no explanatory power in the path analysis. Our results indicate that new theoretical, methodological, & policy approaches are needed to address structural barriers to international cooperation. 2 Tables, 2 Figures, 6 Appendixes, 162 References. Adapted from the source document.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- How to Use This Book -- Guiding Ideas -- 22 Games -- 1. Arms Crossed: When conditions change, habits must change. -- 2. Avalanche: Understand the implicit rules. They can produce different results than desired or expected. -- 3. Balancing Tubes: You can't achieve long-term goals with short-term perspective. -- 4. The Bathtub Game: A level will decline only if outflows are greater than inflows. -- 5. Biodiversity Game: You can't change only one thing. -- 6. Circles in the Air: Our perspective affects the actions we take in complex systems. -- 7. Frames: To obtain consensus be clear about the mental framework you are using. -- 8. Group Juggle: Adding one more apparently minor problem can sometimes collapse the whole system. -- 9. Hands Down: When trying to understand a complex situation, don't limit your focus to where the action is. -- 10. Harvest: Over the long term, individuals often get more from cooperation than from competition. -- 11. Hit the Target: Delays between perception and response can lead to overshooting the goal. -- 12. Living Loops: It's easier to reach your goals by building a system that achieves them for you. -- 13. Paper Fold: With exponential growth, small growth rates can quickly lead to extremely large numbers. -- 14. Paper Tear: One-way communication is much less effective than interaction. -- 15. Pens: Sustainability depends more on culture than on technology. -- 16. Space for Living: Thinking outside the box can produce win-win solutions. -- 17. Squaring the Circle: Without a shared goal, cooperation is ineffective. -- 18. Thumb Wrestling: Life is not a zero-sum game. -- 19. Triangles: If you want big changes, look for the high-leverage points. -- 20. Warped Juggle: Incremental changes produce improvements -- structural changes produce transformation.

Although scholars have long documented perceptions of climate change and the public's evolving response to the perceived risk it poses, only more recently have these analyses begun to examine youth and their views of the issue. Given that education has traditionally been considered a long-term strategy to promote sustainability among youth, this article conducts a cross-national and comparative study of students from 22 countries to evaluate factors commonly associated with youth perceptions of climate change as a threat to the world's future. In doing so, this study finds that promoting institutional trust and civic knowledge may increase student climate change concern to a greater degree than other, more emphasized, curricular and co-curricular environmental school opportunities. These new findings reveal potential pathways for future climate change education research, policy, and practice to help promote greater climate awareness and action among youth. ; La educación se ha considerado tradicionalmente como una estrategia a largo plazo para promover la sostenibilidad entre los jóvenes. Este artículo realiza un estudio comparativo y transnacional de estudiantes de 22 países para evaluar los factores comúnmente asociados con las percepciones de los jóvenes sobre el cambio climático como una amenaza para el futuro del mundo. Este estudio encuentra que promover la confianza institucional y el conocimiento cívico puede aumentar la preocupación de los estudiantes por el cambio climático en mayor grado que otras oportunidades escolares ambientales curriculares y co-curriculares. Estos nuevos hallazgos revelan vías potenciales para futuras investigaciones, políticas y prácticas de educación sobre el cambio climático para ayudar a promover una mayor conciencia y acción climática entre los jóvenes. ; A educação tem sido tradicionalmente considerada uma estratégia de longo prazo para promover a sustentabilidade entre os jovens. Este artigo conduz um estudo comparativo e transnacional de estudantes de 22 países para avaliar os fatores comumente associados às percepções dos jovens sobre as mudanças climáticas como uma ameaça ao futuro do mundo. Este estudo conclui que a promoção da confiança institucional e do conhecimento cívico pode aumentar a preocupação dos alunos com as mudanças climáticas em um grau maior do que outras oportunidades escolares ambientais curriculares e extracurriculares. Essas novas descobertas revelam caminhos potenciais para futuras pesquisas, políticas e práticas em educação sobre mudanças climáticas para ajudar a promover uma maior conscientização e ação sobre o clima entre os jovens.

Blechman, B. M.: The intervention dilemma. - S. 9-16. Sewall, J. O.B.: Command and control : Military-to-military relations in the UN system. - S. 17-22. Schear, J. A.: Civil-military relations in the peacekeeping context. - S. 23-30. Damrosch, L. F.: Setting policies for UN action : Legislative-executive relations. - S. 31-38. Zimmermann, W.: The United Nations and lessons form the former Yugoslavia. - S. 39-44. Rose, M.: Lessons from the former Yugoslavia. - S. 45-50. Arias, O.: The United Nations and international security. - S. 51-56. Kanter, A.: The United Nations and American foreign policy. - S. 57-62

The article is devoted to the analysis of the author's paroimia "If you like printing, you should like to be prisoned". In the course of working with the sources of the period of the first Russian revolution, the only case of using this paroimia in the rubric "New Proverbs" of the socio-political satirical magazine "Zarnitsy" was revealed. The scientific novelty of the study is that for the first time the author's paroimia "If you like printing, you should like to be prisoned" is analyzed, which has not previously attracted the attention of researchers. The methods of component, contextual, logical and semiotic analysis, as well as analysis of vocabulary definitions were used in the work. As a result of the study, the following results were obtained: 1) a source paroimia was established; 2) a structural and semantic transformation of the source paroimia was characterized; 3) recognition of the author's paroimia was scientifically grounded in its system prototype; 4) an analysis of the events of Russian history of the period of the first Russian revolution, which led to the emergence of a new paroimia, was done, 5) the author's paroimia judgment was formulated, its type was defined. The final part of the article outlines the prospects for further research.