Environment and International Relations

<p>Environmental issues and questions of global change are now firmly established on the international political agenda. This book provides a wide-ranging survey of the current treatment of environmental issues in international relations.<br> This book begins by looking at the relevance of the different theoretical approaches current in international relations to the study of the environment. It analyzses a wide range of approaches from the debate between neo-realism and liberal institutionalism to the significant connections between gender and global environmental change. The book goes on to consider a range of key international processes, discussing the monitoring and implementation of environmental agreements, the place of ideology in negotiations and the role of international organisations.</p> 1.Introduction, The Environment in International Relations: Legacies and Contentions 2. Environment and Security as a Universal Value: Implications for International Theory 3. International Political Economy and Global Environmental Change 4. IR Theory: Neo-Realism, Neo-Institutionalism and the Climate Change Convention 5. Inernational Relations, Social Ecology and the Globalisation of Environmental Change 6. Gender and Environmental Change: Are Women the Key to Safe-Guarding the Planet? 7. Who Cares About the Environment? 8. The Environment and the United Nations 9. Between the Devil and the Law of the Sea: The Generation of Global Environmental Norms 10. The International Research Enterprise and Global Enviornmental Change: Climate Change Policy as Research Process 11. Environmental Regimes: Effectiveness and Implementation Review 12. Hegemonic Ideology and the International Timber Association