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The global environment: Institutions, law and policy (2nd edition)

Author
Axelrod R., Downie D., Vig N.
Date
2004
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-074045)
Publisher | Place of publication
CQ Press | Washington, DC, USA
Pages
283 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America, European Union, China, Czech Republic
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Policy/planning Sustainable development Institution International agreement-implementation
Abstract

Contents: 1. Introduction: Governing the international environment 2. Global institutions and the environment: An evolutionary perspective 3. Environmental protection in the twenty-first century: Sustainable development and international law 4. Global environmental policy: Governance through regimes 5. The role of environmental NGOs in international regimes 6. Global climate change policy: Making progress or spinning wheels? 7. Global policy for hazardous chemicals 8. Economic integration and environmental protection 9. Compliance with global environmental policy 10. Understanding United States unilateralism: Domestic sources of U.S. international environmental policy 11. The European Union as an environmental governance system 12. The view from the south: Developing countries in global environmental politics 13. Debating the dam: Is China 's Three Gorges Project sustainable? 14. Democracy and nuclear power in the Czech Republic