Environmental NGOs in World Politics: Linking the Local and the Global

Thomas Princen & Matthias Finger

ISBN 10: 0415115108 / ISBN 13: 9780415115100

Edité par London & New York: Routledge, 1994

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Environmental NGOs in World Politics: Linking the Local and the Global
• Éditeur: London & New York: Routledge
• Date de parution: 1994
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0415115108
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780415115100
• Reliure: Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.)
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Environment

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Synopsis

There has been enormous growth in the size and number of environmental NGOs, (non governmental organizations), in recent years. This has happened, mainly because of a generally slow or in some cases, negative response, by governments towards an escalating global environmental crisis. This book examines how NGOs have grown in importance to a point where they now act as key bargainers and agents within the emerging field of world environmental politics. By linking local and global issues, NGOs are able to highlight ecological issues of importance and promote social learning. The authors use four case studies, including the Great Lakes water negotiations, the ivory trade ban and Antarctic environmental protection, to illustrate the breadth of NGO activity and the diversity of their politics. The case studies also demonstrate how NGOs have to face tough environmental choices and how they often move outside the traditional structures of world politics when governmental action is insufficient in addressing environmental issues.

Présentation de l'éditeur

At a time when states are reactive, at best, to the global ecological crisis and when economic globalization seems to be significantly contributing to the acceleration of that crisis, environmental non-governmental orgainisations (NGOs) are proliferating. This book explains the key role of NGOs in an emerging world environmental politics, showing how NGOs act both as independent bargainers and as agents of social learning, to link biophysical conditions to the political realm at both the local and global levels.
Throught the use of case studies the authors reveal the richness and diversity of NGO activity and the dificulty of the choices facing decision-makers in their attempts to protect the environment, seek new forms of governance and foster social environmental learning. The book generates questions that are central, not only to an understanding of NGO relations, but to the study of international environmental politics.
Environmental NOGs in World Politics will be of great interest to upper level student sand scholars of both environmental politics and international relations. It will also appeal to environmental-policy professionals.