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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778558403321

Titolo

Managers of global change : the influence of international environmental bureaucracies / / edited by Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhüner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

1-282-69429-4

9786612694295

0-262-25859-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (383 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BiermannFrank <1967->

SiebenhünerBernd

Disciplina

341.4

341.2

Soggetti

International officials and employees

Environmental agencies - Officials and employees

Environmental policy

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

Contents; Preface; List of Acronyms; 1 The Role and Relevance of International Bureaucracies: Setting the Stage; 2 Understanding International Bureaucracies:  Taking Stock; 3 Studying the Influence of International  Bureaucracies: A Conceptual Framework; 4 The OECD Environment Directorate: The Art of Persuasion and Its Limitations; 5 The World Bank: Making the Business Case for the Environment; 6 The Secretariat of the International Maritime Organization: A Tanker for Tankers; 7 The Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Programme: Tangled Up in Blue

8 The Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility: From Network to Bureaucracy9 The Ozone Secretariat: The Good Shepherd of Ozone Politics; 10 The Climate Secretariat: Making a Living in a Straitjacket; 11 The Biodiversity Secretariat: Lean Shark in Troubled Waters; 12 The Desertification  Secretariat: A Castle Made of Sand; 13 The Influence  of International Bureaucracies in World Politics: Findings from the MANUS Research Program; Contributors; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This title is an examination of the role and relevance of international bureaucracies in global environmental governance. After a discussion of theoretical context, reaserch design, and empiral methodology, the book presents nine in-depth case studies of bureaucracies.