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When Global Environmental Politics was first published, the environment was just emerging as a pivotal issue in traditional international relations. Today, the environment is considered to be a central topic to discussions of political economy and the relationship between foreign and domestic policy--and so much has changed that more than half of the book has been revised. With a new case study on fisheries, a new chapter on improving compliance with international environmental regimes and a new section on trade and environment, this classic work is more complete and up-to-date than any survey of international environmental politics on the market. In addition to providing a concise yet comprehensive overview of global environmental issues, the authors have worked to contextualize key topics such as the 1992 Earth Summit, the Kyoto Protocol, international forest policy, and the trade and environment nexus. Environmental concerns from global warming to ozone depletion to whaling are seen as challenges to transnational relations, with governments, NGOs, IGOs, and MNCs all involved in the multilateral interaction that is necessary to solve growing global environmental politics.

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• List of Illustrations(p. ix)
• Acknowledgments(p. xi)
• List of Acronyms(p. xiii)
• 1 The Emergence of Global Environmental Politics(p. 1)
• Global Macrotrends(p. 2)
• An Introduction to Global Environmental Politics(p. 9)
• International Regimes in Environmental Politics(p. 12)
• Paradigm Shift and Environmental Politics(p. 20)
• The 1992 Earth Summit(p. 25)
• Conclusion(p. 32)
• 2 Actors in the Environmental Arena(p. 35)
• Nation-State Actors: Roles and Interests(p. 35)
• International Organizations as Actors(p. 44)
• Nongovernmental Organizations as Actors(p. 61)
• Corporations as Actors(p. 71)
• Conclusion(p. 78)
• 3 The Development of Environmental Regimes: Ten Case Studies(p. 79)
• Transboundary Air Pollution (Acid Rain)(p. 83)
• Ozone Depletion(p. 87)
• Whaling(p. 93)
• The Trade in Ivory from African Elephants(p. 98)
• International Toxic Waste Trade(p. 103)
• The Antarctic Environment(p. 108)
• Climate Change(p. 112)
• Biodiversity Loss(p. 124)
• Desertification(p. 130)
• Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks(p. 135)
• Conclusion(p. 141)
• 4 Implementing and Financing Environmental Regimes(p. 147)
• Improving Compliance with Environmental Conventions(p. 148)
• Financing Global Environmental Regimes and Agenda 21(p. 156)
• Conclusion(p. 171)
• 5 Economics, Development, and the Future of Global Environmental Politics(p. 175)
• North-South Economic Relations and the Environment(p. 176)
• Trade and the Environment(p. 182)
• The Politics and Economics of Global Forest Loss(p. 199)
• Conclusion: Toward Effective Global Environmental Regimes(p. 212)
• Discussion Questions(p. 219)
• Notes(p. 223)
• Suggested Readings(p. 255)
• List of Internet Resources(p. 261)
• Glossary(p. 269)
• Chronology(p. 273)
• Index(p. 277)

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Porter (Environmental and Energy Study Institute) and Brown (World Resources Institute) offer an excellent and timely study of global environmental problems and efforts to address them. Drawing heavily on regime theory, they examine such fundamental questions as how international regulatory frameworks are constructed, who the principal actors are within them, and how normative standards are enforced. In the process, they analyze through carefully selected case studies a remarkable range of environmental problems--e.g., ozone depletion, the overexploitation of the African elephant, disposal of toxic waste. Their prose is clear and concise and complemented by useful graphs, photographs, and other visual materials. Thoroughly documented, the volume includes a helpful index, bibliography, chronology, and glossary. Although clearly designed as a text for courses in international environmental policy, this book should be of great interest to a general audience and is strongly recommended for all collections. There is nothing comparable.

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Gareth Porter is a consultant to the marine program at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. He currently teaches at the Krieger School of Art and Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University
Janet Welsh Brown is a visiting fellow at the World Resources Institute
Pamela S. Chasek is the founder and editor of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin She is a visiting assistant professor and director of international studies at Manhattan College