Emerging forces in environmental governance [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Norichika Kanie and Peter M. Haas

• Pubblicazione: Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.71/5
• Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - International cooperation; Environmentalism; Sustainable development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KanieNorichika <1969-> HaasPeter M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Multilateral institutions; 1 Multilateral environmental institutions and coordinatingmechanisms; 2 Consolidating global environmental governance: New lessonsfrom the GEF?; 3 The effectiveness of the WTO and WIPO: Lessons forenvironmental governance?; Multilevel governance; 4 The case for regional environmental organizations; 5 Global environmental governance in terms of verticallinkages; Science-policy interface for environmental governance; 6 Science policy for multilateral environmental governance ; 7 The IPCC: Its roles in international negotiation and domesticdecision-making on climate change policiesNGOs and environmental governance; 8 Institutionalization of NGO involvement in policy functionsfor global environmental governance; 9 Civil society protest and participation: Civic engagementwithin the multilateral governance regime; Business/industry and environmental governance; 10 Balancing TNCs, the states, and the international system inglobal environmental governance: A critical perspective; 11 The private business sector in global environmentaldiplomacy; Conclusion ; 12 Conclusion: Institutional design and institutional reform forsustainable developmentAcronyms; List of contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: International governance increasingly occurs through complex synergies between networks of actors across levels of international politics. While current governance arrangements remain a crazy quilt of overlapping activities, this volume seeks to describe and analyze the activities of many new actors in international politics in the realm of sustainable development. It highlights many of their activities, difficulties, challenges, and critiques of their role in international governance, as well as raising new theoretical and empirical puzzles for the future study of globalization and the formul
• Titolo autorizzato: Emerging forces in environmental governance
• ISBN: 92-808-7059-9; 1-4175-6417-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450141403321
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