International Environmental Policy

by Caldwell, Lynton Keith; Weiland, Paul Stanley

• ISBN13: 9780822318613
• ISBN10: 082231861X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

In this newly revised and expanded edition of the award-winningInternational Environmental Policy, Lynton Keith Caldwell updates his comprehensive survey of the global international movement for protection of the environment. Serving as a history of international cooperation on environmental issues, this book focuses primarily on the development of international agreements and institutional arrangements-both governmental and nongovernmental-along with the impact of science, technology, trade, and communication on environmental policy. With implications for multinational commerce, population policy, agriculture, energy issues, biological and cultural diversity, transnational equity, ideology, and education, this book takes a broad view of the policy outcomes of what may be the most important social movement of the 20th century, and addresses the events and politics that have significantly affected the movement over the last twenty years and will continue to affect it into the next century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Defense of Earth in a Changing World: An Introduction	1	(10)
Comprehending the Environment	11	(21)
Growth of International Concern	32	(16)
The Road to Stockholm	48	(15)
The Stockholm Conference	63	(16)
Post-Stockholm Assessment	79	(25)
Rio de Janeiro and Agenda 21	104	(17)
International Structures for Environmental Policy	121	(37)
Transnational Regimes and Regional Agreements	158	(44)
International Commons: Air, Sea, Outer Space	202	(40)
Sustainability: Population, Resources, Development	242	(36)
Enhancing the Quality of Life: Natural and Cultural Environments	278	(45)
Strategies for Global Environmental Protection	323	(27)
A Changing World Order: Into the Twenty-First Century	350	(39)
Appendixes
A Abbreviations	361	(9)
B Representative Listing of International Organizations and Programs	370	(5)
C Events of Significance for Protection of the Biosphere, 1945-1995	375	(5)
D Selected Treaties of Environmental Significance, 1946-1995	380	(4)
E Environmental Soft Law: Declarations, Resolutions, Recommendations, Principles	384	(5)
Notes and References	389	(80)
Index to Topics and Institutions	469	(14)
Index to Authors	483