Revised edition of: Palgrave advances in international environmental politics. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. General Introduction; Michele Betsill, Kathryn Hochstetler and Dimitris Stevis -- PART I: THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS -- 2. The Trajectory of International Environmental Politics; Dimitris Stevis -- 3. Theoretical Perspectives on International Environmental Politics; Matthew Paterson -- 4. Methods in International Environmental Politics; Kathryn Hochstetler and Melinda Laituri -- PART II: MAJOR RESEARCH AREAS -- 5. International Political Economy and the Environment; Jennifer Clapp -- 6. Gender and International Environmental Politics; Nicole Detraz -- 7. Knowledge and the Environment; Eva Levbrand -- 8. Transnational Actors in International Environmental Politics; Michele Betsill -- 9. Environmental Security; Larry Swatuk -- 10. Global Governance and the Environment; Frank Biermann -- PART III: FRAMEWORKS FOR EVALUATING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS -- 11. The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes; Oran Young -- 12. Sustainable development: the institutionalization of a contested policy concept; Sander Happaerts and Hans Bruyninckx -- 13. Environmental and Ecological Justice; Chuks Okereke and Mark Charlesworth -- 14. Transparency and International Environmental Politics; Aarti Gupta and Michael Mason -- 15. Conclusion; Michele Betsill, Kathryn Hochstetler and Dimitris Stevis.
Summary:
"This book introduces readers to the field of international environmental politics (IEP) through authoritative and up-to-date surveys of its major approaches and debates. The book is divided into three parts. The chapters in Part I provide comprehensive and pluralistic reviews stressing the diversity of the field's origins, theories, and methods. The remaining chapters are organized around key research areas and allow readers to become broadly familiar with the theoretical and substantive debates that characterize the field. In Part II, the authors review the theoretical and empirical trajectories of a given research area - international political economy, gender, knowledge, governance, transnational actors, and security - and present a short original case study to illuminate the main debates that emerge. Part III reflects on four distinct frameworks for evaluating IEP: effectiveness, transparency, sustainability, and justice. Collectively, the authors demonstrate how the field of IEP has evolved and identify key questions, topics, and approaches to guide future research. "-- Provided by publisher.
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