Comparative environmental politics

• Main Authors: McBeath, Jerry (Author), Rosenberg, Jonathan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Political science.; Environment.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Social sciences.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Social Sciences, general.; Environment, general.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

In an era of globalization, the authors argue that nation-states still make the critical decisions affecting the global environment. Nations decide whether to participate in international environmental agreements, and governments make the policies that implement those agreements. Therefore, understa...

Table of Contents:

• State-society relations
• Political processes and organizations
• Political institutions and the environment
• National capacity to protect the environment
• National responses to global environmental problems
• Summary and conclusions.