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The international political economy of the environment : critical perspectives

Author: Dimitris Stevis; Valerie J Assetto
Publisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.
Series: International political economy yearbook, v. 12.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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An investigation of the framing of both environmental problems and solutions to clarify the particular political dynamics and preferences that they reflect and legitimate. All the chapters raise theoretical questions at the core of research and policymaking that values social equity and health.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dimitris Stevis; Valerie J Assetto
ISBN: 1555879225 9781555879228 1555879802 9781555879808
OCLC Number: 44446938
Description: viii, 309 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Series Title: International political economy yearbook, v. 12.
Responsibility: edited by Dimitris Stevis, Valerie Assetto.

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An investigation of the framing of both environmental problems and solutions to clarify the particular political dynamics and preferences that they reflect and legitimate. All the chapters raise theoretical questions at the core of research and policymaking that values social equity and health.

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