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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455255303321

Autore

Kütting Gabriela <1967->

Titolo

Environment, society, and international relations [[electronic resource] ] : towards more effective international environmental agreements / / Gabriela Kütting

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-280-32951-3

0-203-13080-4

0-203-17025-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Disciplina

363.7/0526

Soggetti

Environmental 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 (p. [147]-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Environment, Society and International Relations Towards more effective international environmental agreements; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Part I Distinguishing between institutional and environmental effectiveness; 1 Introduction; 2 International environmental cooperation and IR: what is missing?; 3 IR theory and effectiveness; 4 The four determinants of environmental effectiveness; Part II Empirical studies; 5 The consequences of ignoring environmental effectiveness (I): the Mediterranean Action Plan

6 The consequences of ignoring environmental effectiveness (II): the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air PollutionPart III Environment, society and international relations; 7 Social and structural origins of environmental degradation; 8 The social origins and context of acid rain and pollution of the Mediterranean Sea; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written in an accessible and lively style, this ground-breaking text marries a critique of current remedies towards environmental problems to original and viable alternatives.  This text adopts an eco-centric rather than a traditional environmental management perspective to focuses on the key issues such as: * The effectiveness of international



agreements in solving environmental problems * the role of the structures and constraints within which these agreements operate