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Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents Page -- PREFACE Page -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Page -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Social Resiliency and Carbon Dioxide: Preliminary Remarks -- 2. The Challenge of World Climate Change -- PART I: INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND WEATHER-RELATED ACTIVITIES, PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES -- 1. Climate and Climate Impacts -- 2. International Climate Program Planning and Research -- 3. International Organizations and Climate Change -- 4. Food and Climate: Basic Issues and Some Policy Implications -- 5. Anthropogenic Climate Change: Assessing the Responsibility of Developed and Developing Countries -- 6. Global Climate, World Politics and National Security -- PART II: EXISTING AND ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INSTITUTIONS: RESPONSES TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE PROBLEMS -- 7. International Strategies and Institutions for Coping with Climate Change -- 8. Global Management of the Environment: Regional and Multilateral Initiatives -- 9. Unilateral Actions to Control Planned and Inadvertent Climate Modification: Options and Obstacles -- 10. The Atmosphere: Change, Politics and World Law -- 11. A Resource Management Approach to Carbon Dioxide During the Century of Transition -- 12. The International Law and Politics of Acid Rain -- 13. Options for Public Control of Atmospheric Management -- PART III: APPRAISAL AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 14. Global Climate Change and International Law and Institutions -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

A significant contribution to the field . . . a welcome addition to the growing literature on international environmental law and an important reference for every scholar, lawyer, and layperson interested in the field. Denver Journal of International Law & Policy, Vol. V Emphasizing the human and societal damage caused by corporate actors, this provocative book analyzes a broad range of regional and global issues, such as air and water quality, marine pollution, climate change, ozone depletion, deforestation, traffic in hazardous waste and chemicals, and loss of biological diversity. The text provides readers with an incisive, integrated approach to the political, economic, scientific, and technological realities that underlie international environmental law and policy. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint

The term "good governance" is unsettled in its meaning. Through the 1980s and 1990s, donor countries and institutions trended to make aid conditional upon reforms in the recipient country, which was found largely ineffective in encouraging real policy changes. More recently, donors, such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United States, are increasingly insisting upon performance and good governance as a prerequisite for aid, a practice called "selectivity." This is a means of requiring a recipient state to demonstrate the seriousness of its commitment to economic and social reforms. There are no objective standards for determining good governance: some aspects include political stability, the rule of law, control of corruption, and accountability. High levels of poverty and weak governance are linked, making selectivity difficult to implement. For reforms to succeed, domestic support, ownership, and commitment are crucial, as are the recipient's cultural context and history.

The term "good governance" is unsettled in its meaning. Through the 1980s & 1990s, donor countries & institutions tended to make aid conditional upon reforms in the recipient country, which was found largely ineffective in encouraging real policy changes. More recently, donors, such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, & the United States, are increasingly insisting upon performance & good governance as a prerequisite for aid, a practice called "selectivity." This is a means of requiring a recipient state to demonstrate the seriousness of its commitment to economic & social reforms. There are no objective standards for determining good governance: some aspects include political stability, the rule of law, control of corruption, & accountability. High levels of poverty & weak governance are linked, making selectivity difficult to implement. For reforms to succeed, domestic support, ownership, & commitment are crucial, as are the recipient's cultural context & history. References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2006 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]