Environmental Change and Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice

by Harris; Paul G.

• ISBN13: 9780415483438
• ISBN10: 0415483433
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Environmental Change and Foreign Policy: Theory and Practiceand its companion volume, Climate Change and Foreign Policy: Case Studies from East to West, examine and explain the role of foreign policy politics, processes and institutions in efforts to protect the environment and natural resources. They seek to highlight international efforts to address human-induced changes to the natural environment, analyze the actors and institutions that constrain and shape actions on environmental issues, show how environmental changes influence foreign policy processes, and critically assess environmental foreign policies. Focusing on theory and practice, this book: Introduces the concepts and theories of Environmental Foreign Policy, providing a theoretical overview as well as addressing the construction of nature, the symbolism of environmental policy, and business and government responses to climate change. Explores the practice of Environmental Foreign Policy, describing how both developed and developing countries have approached a variety of environmental issues, including persistent organic pollutants, water, biodiversity, climate change and the trade-environment nexus. This book will be of strong interest to scholars and students of environmental policy and politics, foreign policy, public policy, climate change and international relations.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Environmental Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice Paul G. Harris

Theory

Theories of Environmental Foreign Policy: Power, Interests, and Ideas John Barkdull and Paul G. Harris

The Symbolism of Environmental Policy: Foreign Policy Commitments as Signaling Tools Loren R. Cass

Pluralistic Politics and Public Choice: Theories of Business and Government Responses to Climate Change Thomas L. Brewer

The Politics of Socionatures: Images of Environmental Foreign Policy Maximilian Mayer and Friedrich J. Arndt

Practice

The Domestication of International Environmental Conventions: Biodiversity in Ugandan Foreign Policy David R. Mutekanga

From Local Protest to the International Court of Justice: Forging Environmental Foreign Policy in Argentina Isabella Alcaniz and Ricardo Gutierrez

Finnish Environment and Foreign Policy: Supranationalism, Pragmatism, and Consensus Building Mika Merviw

Canada's Foreign Policy on Persistent Organic Pollutants: The Making of an Environmental Leader Ken Wilkening and Charles Thrift

Greening the Streams: Water in EU and US Foreign Policy Sara Hughes and Lena Partzsch

Trade and the Environment: Foreign Policies of Developing Countries in Asia Yohei Harashima

Financing for the Environment: Explaining Unequal Burden Sharing Aike Mnller

Conclusion: Environmental Foreign Policy: Towards a Conceptual Framework Mihaela Papa

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