Suchergebnisse

1. Introduction : the environment in international relations : legacies and contentions / John Vogler -- 2. Environmental security as a universal value : implications for international theory / Hugh C. Dyer -- 3. International political economy and global environmental change / Marc Williams -- 4. IR theory : neorealism, neoinstitutionalism and the Climate Change Convention / Matthew Paterson -- 5. International relations, social ecology and the globalisation of environmental change / Julian Saurin -- 6. Gender and environmental change : are women the key to safeguarding the planet? / Charlotte Bretherton -- 7. Who cares about the environment? / Peter Willetts -- 8. The environment and the United Nations / Mark F. Imber -- 9. Between the devil and the law of the sea : the generation of global environmental norms / Roderick Ogley -- 10. The international research enterprise and global environmental change : climate-change policy as a research process / Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen -- 11. Environmental regimes : effectiveness and implementation review / Owen Greene -- 12. Hegemonic ideology and the international Tropical Timber Organisation / David Humphreys.

Environmental issues and questions of global change are now firmly established on the international political agenda. This book provides a wide-ranging survey of the current treatment of environmental issues in international relations. This book begins by looking at the relevance of the different theoretical approaches current in international relations to the study of the environment. It analyzses a wide range of approaches from the debate between neo-realism and liberal institutionalism to the significant connections between gender and global environmental change. The book goes on to consider a range of key international processes, discussing the monitoring and implementation of environmental agreements, the place of ideology in negotiations and the role of international organisations.