Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks Vol. 1 : A Comparative History of Social Responses to Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Rain

by Social Learning Group; Bolin, Bert

• ISBN13: 9780262692380
• ISBN10: 0262692384
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-14
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global environmental management. It looks at how ideas, interests, and institutions affect management practice; how management capabilities in other areas affect the ability to deal with specific environmental issues; and how learning affects society's approach to the global environment. The book focuses on efforts to deal with climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain from 1957 (The International Geophysical Year) through 1992 (the UN Conference on Environment and Development). The settings include Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and international environmental organizations. Topics include problem framing, agenda setting, issue attention, risk assessment, monitoring, option assessment, goal and strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. Volume 1 provides an overview of the project, of global environmental management in general, and of the three central environmental issues studied; it also contains the individual country studies. Volume 2 contains the management function studies and the book's conclusion. Authors in the set include: Jeannine Cavender-Bares, William C. Clark, Ellis Cowling, Nancy M. Dickson, Gerda Dinkelman, Rodney Dobell, Renate Ell, Adam Fenech, Alexander Ginzburg, Elena Goncharova, Peter Haas, Eva Hizsnyik, Michael Huber, Peter Hughes, Jill Jauml;ger, Marc Levy, Angela Liberatore, Diana Liverman, Justin Longo, David McCabe, Donald Munton, Elena Nikitina, Karen O'Brien, Edward Parson, Vladimir Pisarev, Ruud Pleune, Miranda Schreurs, Simon Shackley, Peter Simmons, Heather Smith, Vassily Sokolov, Ferenc L. Toacute;th, Jeroen van der Sluijs, Josee van Eijndhoven, Claire Waterton, Cor Worrell, and Brian Wynne. More information is available from the SLG web site.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes	xiii
Editors and Authors	xv
Series Foreword	xvii
Foreword	xix
Preface	xxi
I OVERVIEW
Managing Global Environmental Change: An Introduction to the Volume	1	(20)
William C. Clark
Jill Jager
Josee van Eijndhoven
Acid Rain, Ozone Depletion, and Climate Change: An Historical Overview	21	(40)
William C. Clark
Jill Jager
Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Nancy M. Dickson
II STUDIES OF ARENAS
Introduction to Part II	57	(4)
Developing a Precautionary Approach: Global Environmental Risk Management in Germany	61	(32)
Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Jill Jager with Renate Ell
Institutional Cultures and the Management of Global Environmental Risks in the United Kingdom	93	(22)
Brian Wynne
Peter Simmons
Claire Waterton
Peter Hughes
Simon Shackley
Finding Your Place: A History of the Management of Global Environmental Risks in the Netherlands	115	(24)
Josee van Eijndhoven
Gerda Dinkelman
Jeroen van der Sluijs
Ruud Pleune
Cor Worrell
Turning Points: The Management of Global Environmental Risks in the Former Soviet Union	139	(28)
Vassily Sokolov
Jill Jager
Vladimir Pisarev
Elena Nikitina
Alexandre Ginzburg
Elena Goncharova
Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Edward A. Parson
Catching up with the International Bandwagon: The Management of Global Environmental Risks in Hungary	167	(24)
Ferenc L. Toth
Eva Hizsnyik
Shifting Priorities and the Internationalization of Environmental Risk Management in Japan	191	(22)
Miranda A. Schreurs
Southern Skies: The Perception and Management of Global Environmental Risks in Mexico	213	(22)
Diana Liverman
Karen O'Brien
Leading While Keeping in Step: Management of Global Atmospheric Issues in Canada	235	(24)
Edward A. Parson
Rodney Dobell
Adam Fenech
Donald Munton
Heather Smith
Civic Science: America's Encounter with Global Environmental Risks	259	(36)
William C. Clark
Nancy M. Dickson
A Regional Approach to the Management of Global Environmental Risks: The Case of the European Community	295	(28)
Michael Huber
Angela Liberatore
Amplifiers or Dampeners: International Institutions and Social Learning in the Management of Global Environmental Risks	323	(26)
Peter M. Haas
David McCabe
Issue Attention, Framing, and Actors: An Analysis of Patterns Across Arenas	349	(20)
Miranda A. Schreurs
William C. Clark
Nancy M. Dickson
Jill Jager
APPENDIX
A About the Authors	365	(4)
Author Index	369	(2)
Subject Index	371