Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics

Herausgeber: Harris, Paul G.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook brings together leading international academic experts to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of Global Environmental Politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 628
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 176mm x 248mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1108g
• ISBN-13: 9780367692414
• ISBN-10: 0367692414
• Artikelnr.: 68714138

Autorenporträt

Paul G. Harris has authored or edited 25 books on global environmental and climate change politics, policy and justice. He is the Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

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 21. Earth system governance: world
politics in the post-environmental age 22. Environmental diplomacy:
international conferences and negotiations 23. North-South relations:
colonialism, empire and international order 24. Globalization and the
environment: economic changes and challenges 25. International justice:
rights and obligations of states 26. Environmental justice: pollution,
poverty and marginalized communities 27. Environmental ethics: philosophy,
ecology and other species 28. Participation: public opinion and
environmental action 29. Environmental citizenship: de-politicizing or
re-politicizing environmental politics? Part V: Key issues and policies in
global environmental politics 30. Air pollution and acid rain: early action
and slowing progress 31. Stratospheric ozone depletion: elements of success
in global environmental politics 32. Climate change: international
diplomacy and governance from top to bottom 33. Energy: political-economic
strategies 34. Transport and infrastructure: toward sustainable mobility
35. Persistent organic pollutants: managing threats to human health and the
environment 36. Hazardous waste: fragmented governance and aspirations for
environmental justice 37. Plastics: from resources to waste and back again
38. Water, rivers and wetlands: governance paradigms and principles 39.
Pollution and management of oceans and seas: challenges in an unresponsive
international system 40. Fisheries and marine mammals: the complexities of
collective management 41. Biodiversity, migratory species and natural
heritage: global challenges ahead 42. Forests: the political ecology of
international environmental governance 43. Desertification: competing
knowledge claims and land-management agendas 44. Food and agriculture:
global dynamics and environmental consequences Part VI: Conclusion 45. The
promises of global environmental politics: prospects for study and practice