The global politics of the environment

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Title:

The global politics of the environment

Author:

Elliott, Lorraine M.

ISBN:

9780814722176

9780814722183

Personal Author:

Elliott, Lorraine M.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Washington Square, N.Y. : New York University Press, 2004.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

1. From Stockholm to Rio to Johannesburg -- 2. The global politics of conservation : species, resources and habitat -- 3. The global politics of pollution -- 4. Global environmental governance : the state and institutional design -- 5. Global environmental governance : democratization and local voices -- 6. Normative challenges : justice, obligations and rights -- 7. The international political economy of the environment -- 8. Strategies for sustainable development -- 9. Environmental security -- 10. The global politics of the environment.

Subject Term:

Environmental policy -- International cooperation.

Environmental degradation.

Nature -- Effect of human beings on.

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Summary

Human activity is changing the global environment on a scale unlike that of any other era. Environmental deterioration is now a global issue--ecologically, politically, and economically--that requires global solutions. Yet there is considerable disagreement over what kinds of strategies we should adopt in order to halt and reverse damage to the global ecosystem.
What kinds of international institutions are best suited to dealing with global environmental problems? Why are women and indigenous peoples still marginalized in global environmental politics? What are the consequences of the global ecological crisis for economic and security policies? The Global Politics of the Environment makes sense of the often seemingly irreconcilable answers to these questions. It focuses throughout on the tensions between mainstream strategies, which seek to build support for reforms through existing institutions, and radical critiques, which argue that environmental degradation is a symptom of a dysfunctional world order that must itself be transformed if we are to meet the challenge of saving the planet.