Environment and Politics - Couverture souple

Doyle, Tim; McEachern, Doug

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 041514776X ISBN 13 : 9780415147767

Editeur : Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

This introductory text demonstrates the ways in which politics and policy respond to environmental problems. Environment and Politics examines:
* institutional responses of parliaments
* responses of parties and electoral systems
* roles of non-governmental organizations and social movements
* the politics of business and industry.
To highlight the multiplicity of political responses to environmental challenges the text features a wealth of original boxed case studies from around the world.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Environment and Politics is a concise introduction to the study of environmental politics, explaining the key concepts, conflicts, political systems and the practices of policy-making. The authors examine a diverse range of environmental problems and policy solutions within different nations and cultures.

This third edition expands the discussion of the differences in environmental politics between liberal democracies, military dictatorships and one party states, drawing on research conducted in Burma, Thailand, China and Iran. Topics covered include:

• the connections between green social movements and anti-globalization movements
• the impact of globalization on NGOs
• the rise in local environmental governance and international bureaucratic regimes
• the global role of the World Bank and WTO
• the case of Kyoto
• the current phase of US unilateralism and its impact upon the global environment.

This text offers readers a greater understanding of international, national and local environmental politics and looks at future developments for effective local and international environmental diplomacy and both global and region-specific problem solving.

Biographie de l'auteur

Professor Doug McEachern is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at The University of Western Australia. He has responsibility for research policy development and general oversight of the University’s research activities, postgraduate education, industry liaison, intellectual property and commercialisation.

Professor Timothy Doyle is Chair of Politics and International Relations at Keele University, and Professor of Politics in the School of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 041514776X
• ISBN 13: 9780415147767
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible