1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452692003321

Titolo

Climate change negotiations : a guide to resolving disputes and facilitating multilateral cooperation / / edited by Gunnar Sjostedt and Ariel Macaspac Penetrante

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10505-2

1-299-46913-2

1-136-25229-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PenetranteAriel

SjostedtGunnar

Disciplina

363.738/74561

Soggetti

Climate change mitigation - International cooperation

Climatic changes - Government policy - International cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Professional perspectives -- pt. III. Stumbling blocks -- pt. IV. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"As the Kyoto Protocol limps along without the participation of the US and Australia, on-going climate negotiations are plagued by competing national and business interests that are creating stumbling blocks to success. Climate Change Negotiations: A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating Multilateral Cooperation asks how these persistent obstacles can be down-scaled, approaching them from five professional perspectives: a top policy-maker, a senior negotiator, a leading scientist, an international lawyer, and a sociologist who is observing the process. The authors identify the major problems, including great power strategies (the EU, the US and Russia), leadership, the role of NGOs, capacity and knowledge-building, airline industry emissions, insurance and risk transfer instruments, problems of cost benefit analysis, the IPCC in the post-Kyoto situation, and verification and institutional design. A new key concept is introduced: strategic facilitation. 'Strategic facilitation' has a long time frame, a



forward-looking orientation and aims to support the overall negotiation process rather than individual actors. This book is aimed at academics, university students and practitioners who are directly or indirectly engaged in the international climate negotiation as policy makers, diplomats or experts"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782920503321

Autore

Parsa Misagh <1945->

Titolo

States, ideologies, and social revolutions : a comparative analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines / / Misagh Parsa [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11986-3

1-280-42957-7

0-511-17565-5

0-511-01710-3

0-511-15613-8

0-511-30406-4

0-511-49105-0

0-511-04991-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 326 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

303.6/4

Soggetti

Revolutions

Iran Politics and government 20th century

Iran Economic conditions 20th century

Nicaragua Politics and government 20th century

Nicaragua Economic conditions 20th century

Philippines Politics and government 20th century

Philippines Economic conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theory and structural background. Toward a theory of revolution :



linking structure and process approaches -- Conflict and the making of exclusive rule -- State intervention and contradictions. Mobilization and collective action. Students : relentless revolutionaries -- Clergy : actors with relative impunity -- Workers : rebels with dual targets -- Capitalists : reluctant rebels. Outcomes and conclusions. Coalitions, challengers, and political outcomes -- Summary and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Between 1979 and 1986 Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines underwent dramatic political and social revolutions. This book examines the conditions and processes that gave rise to revolutions and their outcomes, through an in-depth analysis of economic and political developments in these countries. The book studies the background to revolution provided by state formation and development, economic intervention, the states' vulnerabilities, and the social consequences of their development policies. Extensive primary data is used to analyze the impact of the collective actions and ideologies of the major social groups involved - students, clergy, workers, and capitalists - and how they affected the potential for a successful revolutionary outcome. Parsa challenges prevailing theories of social revolution and develops an alternative model that incorporates variables from a wide variety of perspectives. His book provides a valuable framework within which to understand the causes of revolutions, their mechanics and development, and their outcomes.