Palgrave Advances In International Environmental Politics

This book provides authoritative and up-to-date research for anyone interested in the study of international environmental politics. The first section reviews the historical development of international environmental politics as well as the theoretical and methodological approaches used in its study. The following chapters each review the trajectory of a key research area within international environmental politics and elaborate on current approaches and debates. Case studies in each chapter illuminate the main theoretical questions that emerge from the review.

Michele Betsill is Assistant Professor, Kathryn Hochstetler is Associate Professor, and Dimitris Stevis is Professor in the Department of Political Science, all at the University of Colorado.

Introduction--M.Betsill, K.Hochstetler & D.Stevis * PART I: SETTING THE CONTEXT * Historical Trajectory of International Environmental Politics and its Study--D.Stevis * Theoretical Perspectives in the Study of International Environmental Politics--M.Paterson * Methods in the Study of International Environmental Politics--K.Hochstetler & M.Laituri * PART II: CURRENT DEBATES * Globalization and the Environment--G.Kotting * International Political Economy and the Environment--J.Clapp * Civil Society and the Environment--M.Betsill * Knowledge, Science and the Environment--E.Corell * Security, Cooperation, and the Environment--L.Swatuk * Global Governance and the Environment--F.Biermann * PART III: EVALUATING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND POLICIES * The Effectiveness of Environmental Policies--J.Wettestad * Sustainability and Sustainable Development--H.Bruyninckx * Environmental and Ecological Justice--T.Roberts & B.Parks