Institutions for the Earth

by Haas, Peter M.; Keohane, Robert O.; Levy, Marc A.

• ISBN13: 9780262082181
• ISBN10: 0262082187
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-05-01
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

Can environmental institutions be effective at bringing about a healthier environment? How? Institutions for the Earth takes a close look at the factors influencing organized responses to seven international environmental problems - oil pollution from tankers, acid rain in Europe, stratospheric ozone depletion, pollution of the North Sea and Baltic, mismanagement of fisheries, overpopulation, and misuses of farm chemicals to determine the roles that environmental institutions have played in attempting to solve them. Through rigorous, systematic comparison, it reveals common patterns that can lead to improvements in the collective management of these problems and suggests ways in which international institutions can further the case of environmental protection. The contributors identify three major functions performed by effective international environmental institutions: building national capacity, improving the contractual environment, and elevating governmental concern. The international organizations analyzed within this framework include the United Nations Environment Program, the Intergovernmental Maritime Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, numerous fisheries commissions, the Commission for Europe, the Oslo and Paris Commissions, the Helsinki Commission, and the United Nations Fund for Population Assistance. Peter M. Haas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Robert 0. Keohane is Stanfield Professor of International Peace at Harvard University. Marc A. Levy is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Associate at Harvard's Center for International Affairs.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	vii
Foreword	ix
Joseph S. Nye
I Introduction
The Effectiveness of International Enviromental Institutions	3	(24)
Robert O. Keohane
Peter M. Hass
Marc A. Levy
II Transboundary and Commons Problems
Protecting the Ozone Layer	27	(48)
Edward A. Parson
European Acid Rain: The Power of Tote-Board Diplomacy	75	(58)
Marc A. Levy
Protecting the Baltic and North Seas	133	(50)
Peter M. Haas
International Oil Pollution of the Oceans	183	(66)
Ronald Mitchell
International Fisheries Management	249	(60)
M. J. Peterson
III International Issues
Managing Pesticide Use in Developing Countries	309	(42)
Robert L. Paarlberg
International Population Institutions: Adaptation to a Changing World Order	351	(46)
Barbara B. Crane
IV Conclusion
Improving the Effectiveness of International Environmental Institutions	397	(30)
Marc A. Levy
Robert O. Keohane
Peter M. Haas
Index	427