Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics.

• Author: Harris, Paul G.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (645 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: Introduction -- 1 Global environmental politics: charting the domain -- PART II: Explaining and understanding global environmental politics -- 2 The discipline of global environmental politics: a short history -- 3 Mainstream theories: realism, rationalism and revolutionism -- 4 Alternative theories: constructivism, Marxism, critical theory and feminism -- 5 The study of global environmental politics: strategies for research and learning -- 6 Advanced scholarship: interdisciplinary research at the science-policy interface -- PART III: Actors and institutions in global environmental politics -- 7 States: nations, sovereignty and the international system -- 8 International organizations: global and regional environmental cooperation -- 9 International environmental regimes: formation, effectiveness, trends and challenges -- 10 International environmental law: sources, principles and innovations -- 11 Environmental foreign policy: crossovers among levels of governance -- 12 Comparative environmental politics: contributions from an emerging field -- 13 Corporations: business and industrial influence -- 14 Transnational actors: nongovernmental organizations, civil society and individuals -- PART IV: Ideas and themes in global environmental politics -- 15 The Anthropocene: rethinking humanity's role in the earth system -- 16 Sustainability: from ideas to action in international relations -- 17 Consumption: institutions and actors -- 18 Expertise: specialized knowledge in environmental politics and sustainability -- 19 Uncertainty: risk, technology and the future -- 20 Environmental security: international scope, national regimes and the human dimension.

21 Earth system governance: world politics in the post-environmental age -- 22 Environmental diplomacy: international conferences and negotiations -- 23 North-South relations: colonialism, empire and international order -- 24 Globalization and the environment: economic changes and challenges -- 25 International justice: rights and obligations of states -- 26 Environmental justice: pollution, poverty and marginalized communities -- 27 Environmental ethics: philosophy, ecology and other species -- 28 Participation: public opinion and environmental action -- 29 Environmental citizenship: de-politicizing or re-politicizing environmental politics? -- PART V: Key issues and policies in global environmental politics -- 30 Air pollution and acid rain: early action and slowing progress -- 31 Stratospheric ozone depletion: elements of success in global environmental politics -- 32 Climate change: international diplomacy and governance from top to bottom -- 33 Energy: political-economic strategies -- 34 Transport and infrastructure: toward sustainable mobility -- 35 Persistent organic pollutants: managing threats to human health and the environment -- 36 Hazardous waste: fragmented governance and aspirations for environmental justice -- 37 Plastics: from resources to waste and back again -- 38 Water, rivers and wetlands: governance paradigms and principles -- 39 Pollution and management of oceans and seas: challenges in an unresponsive international system -- 40 Fisheries and marine mammals: the complexities of collective management -- 41 Biodiversity, migratory species and natural heritage: global challenges ahead -- 42 Forests: the political ecology of international environmental governance -- 43 Desertification: competing knowledge claims and land-management agendas -- 44 Food and agriculture: global dynamics and environmental consequences.

PART VI: Conclusion -- 45 The promises of global environmental politics: prospects for study and practice -- Index.