International Norms and the Policy Process in Mexican Environmental Planning
Author : David Francis Solan
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,77 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN :
International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics
Author : John Barry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 40,66 MB
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 113555403X
Book Description
Why care about the environment? Is the earth's climate really changing for the worse? What are CFCs exactly? And who or what is the WTO? What are the causes of environmental problems? Who are the main actors, and what are the main ideas and issues in international environmental politics? Which countries have the best/worst environmental record and policies? The International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics is the essential reference source to enable all those with an interest in the politics of the environment - particularly students and academics working within political science - to answer these questions, and to explore many other related topics in international environmental politics. It will be welcomed as an essential teaching resource and a trusty companion to independent study. Written by a team of international experts, the Encyclopedia is vital for fact-checking, provides authoritative initial orientation to a particular topic or issue and will serve as a solid starting point for wider explanation. With over 300 fully cross-referenced entries, many of which are followed with suggestions for further reading, the Encyclopedia includes: * Country and regional entries, with country entries giving a concise overview of the history, main actors, issues and policies related to its environmental politics * Normative and ethical dimensions of environmental politics, from animal rights, social and global justice to deep ecology * Environmental movements, organizations, struggles and actors from local to international levels * Issues in international environmental politics such as global warming, biodiversity, trade and the environment * Prominent individuals (historical and current) who have inspired or been actively involved in international environmental politics - such as Mahatma Gandhi, Petra Kelly, Vandana Shiva and Aldo Leopold * Central topics and issues in environmental politics - such as global warming, globalization, wildlife preservation, eco-taxes, energy production and consumption, sustainable development and the World Trade Organisation
NAFTA
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules. Subcommittee on Rules of the House
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Book Description
NAFTA and Sustainable Development
Author : Hoi L. Kong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 35,85 MB
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 1316352382
Book Description
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its companion agreement, the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), provide important and often underappreciated protection for the environmental laws of the Party states: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. On the twentieth anniversary of NAFTA's ratification, this book assesses the current state of environmental protection under those agreements. Bringing together scholars, practitioners, and regulators from all three Party states, it outlines the scope and process of NAFTA and NAAEC, their impact on specific environmental issues, and paths to reform. It includes analyses of the impact of the agreements on such matters as bioengineered crops in Mexico, assessment of marine environmental effects, potential lessons for China, climate change, and indigenous rights. Together, the chapters of this book represent an important contribution to the global conversation concerning international trade agreements and sustainable development.
NAFTA
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 36,94 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Book Description
Policy Styles and Policy-Making
Author : Michael Howlett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 42,80 MB
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1351618466
Book Description
Richardson et al.’s respected and seminal Policy Styles in Western Europe (1982) shed valuable light on how countries tend to establish long-term and distinctive ways to make policies that transcend short-term imperatives and issues. This follow-up volume updates those arguments and significantly expands the coverage, consisting of 16 carefully selected country-level case studies from around the world. Furthermore, it includes different types of political regimes and developmental levels to test more widely the robustness of the patterns and variables highlighted in the original book. The case studies – covering countries from the United States, Canada, Germany and the UK to Russia, Togo and Vietnam – follow a uniform structure, combining theoretical considerations and the presentation of empirical material to reveal how the distinct cultural and institutional features of modern states continue to have implications for the making and implementation of public policy decisions within them. The book is essential reading for students and scholars of public policy, public administration, comparative politics and development studies.
Social Participation in Water Governance and Management
Author : Kate A. Berry
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1849774579
Book Description
"Social participation in water management and governance recently became a reality in many economies and societies. Yet the dimensions in which power regulation, social equity and democracy-building are connected with participation have been only tangentially analyzed for the water sector. Understanding the growing interest in social participation involves appreciating the specificity of the contemporary period within its historic and geographic contexts as well as uncovering larger political, economic and cultural trends of recent decades which frame participatory actions. Within a wide variety of cases presented from around the world, the reader will find critical analyses of participation and an array of political ecological processes that influence water governance. Sixteen chapters from a diverse group of scholars and practitioners examine water rights definition, hydropower dam construction, urban river renewal, irrigation organizations, water development NGOs, river basin management, water policy implementation and judicial decision-making in water conflicts. Yet there are commonalities in participatory experiences across this spectrum of water issues. The book's five sections highlight key dimensions of contemporary water management that influence, and in turn are influenced by, social participation. These sections are: participation and indigenous water governance; participation and the dynamics of gender in water management; participation and river basin governance; participation and implementation of water management and participation and the politics of water governance."--Back cover.
Mexico, Environmental Technologies Export Market Plan
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Export marketing
ISBN :
Book Description
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 38,60 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN :
Book Description
A World Environment Organization
Author : Frank Biermann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 135196142X
Book Description
In recent years, the debate on the establishment of a new international agency on environmental protection - a 'World Environment Organization' - has gained substantial momentum. Several countries, including France and Germany, as well as a number of leading experts and senior international civil servants have openly supported the creation of such a new international organization. However, a number of critics have also taken the floor and brought forward important objections. This book presents a balanced selection of articles of the leading participants in this debate, including both major supporters and opponents of creating a World Environment Organization. The volume is especially relevant to students and scholars of international relations, environmental policy and international law, as well as to practitioners of diplomacy, international negotiations, and environmental policy making.
