The international political economy of the environment : critical perspectives / edited by Dimitris Stevis, Valerie J. Assetto

Published:: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.
Physical Description:: viii, 309 pages ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: Stevis, Dimitris and Assetto, Valerie J.

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International political economy yearbook ; v. 12.

Contents:

Introduction : problems and solutions in the international political economy of the environment / Dimitris Stevis and Valerie J. Assetto -- Part 1. The politics of global policymaking. Posing global environmental problems from conservation to sustainable development / Rosalind Irwin -- In search of global standards : the political economy of trade and the environment / Marc Williams -- International environmental politics and the internationalization of the state : the cases of climate change and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment / Daniel Egan and David Levy -- Environmental NGOs, TNCs, and the question of governance / Peter Newell -- Part 2. Policy and politics in the South. Tragedy for the commons : the enclosure and commodification of knowledge / Marion A. L. Miller -- Global change and the political economy of sustainable development in Brazil / Valérie de Campos Mello -- Development and risk : environmental discourse and danger in Dominican and Cuban urban watersheds / Barbara Lynch -- Part 3. Theoretical challenges. A critical approach to institutional and environmental effectiveness : lessons from the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution / Gabriela Kütting -- International political economy and the environment : a radical ecological perspective / Eric Laferrière -- Commentary : Some reflections on international political economy and the environmental question / Frederick Buttel -- Commentary : The international political economy of the environment and the subpolitical domain / Timothy Luke -- Conclusion : History and purpose in the international political economy of the environment / Dimitris Stevis and Valerie J. Assetto.

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ISBN:

1555879225
1555879802 (pbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.

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