Paul G. Harris (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics, second edition (Routledge, 2022), 630 pages, DOI: 10.4324/9781003008873. This new edition of the Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics brings together leading international academic experts to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of Global Environmental Politics. Fully revised, updated and expanded to 45 chapters, the book describes the history of global environmental politics as a discipline and explains the various theories and perspectives used by scholars and students to understand it; examines the key actors and institutions in global environmental politics, explaining the roles of states, international organizations, regimes, international law, foreign policy institutions, domestic politics, corporations and transnational actors; addresses the ideas and themes shaping the practice and study of global environmental politics, including the Anthropocene, sustainability, consumption, expertise, uncertainty, security, diplomacy, North-South relations, globalization, Earth system governance, justice, ethics, public participation and citizenship; and assesses the key issues and policies within global environmental politics, including energy, climate change, ozone depletion, air pollution, acid rain, transport, persistent organic pollutants, plastics, hazardous wastes, rivers, wetlands, oceans, fisheries, marine mammals, biodiversity, migratory species, natural heritage, forests, desertification, food and agriculture. The book will be an important resource for students, scholars, researchers and practitioners of environmental politics, environmental studies, environmental science, geography, globalization, international relations and political science. View the first chapter here.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction
1. Global environmental politics: charting the domain
Paul G. Harris
Part II: Explaining and understanding global environmental politics
2. The discipline of global environmental politics: a short history
Loren R. Cass
3. Mainstream theories: realism, rationalism and revolutionism
John Vogler
4. Alternative theories: constructivism, Marxism, critical theory and feminism
Hayley Stevenson
5. The study of global environmental politics: strategies for research and learning
Juliann Emmons Allison and Thomas Hickmann
6. Advanced scholarship: interdisciplinary research at the science–policy interface
Peter M. Haas, Ronald B. Mitchell and Leandra R. Gonçalves
Part III: Actors and institutions in global environmental politics
7. States: nations, sovereignty and the international system
Hugh C. Dyer
8. International organizations: global and regional environmental cooperation
Kate O’Neill
9. International environmental regimes: formation, effectiveness, trends and challenges
Peter Suechting and Mary E. Pettenger
10. International environmental law: sources, principles and innovations
David B. Hunter
11. Environmental foreign policy: crossovers among levels of governance
Mihaela Papa
12. Comparative environmental politics: contributions from an emerging field
Stacy D. VanDeveer, Paul F. Steinberg, Jeannie L. Sowers and Erika Weinthal
13. Corporations: business and industrial influence
Kyla Tienhaara
14. Transnational actors: Nongovernmental organizations, civil society and individuals
Christian Downie
Part IV: Ideas and themes in global environmental politics
15. The Anthropocene: rethinking humanity’s role in the earth system
Peter Stoett and Simon Dalby
16. Sustainability: from ideas to action in international relations
Jon Marco Church, Andrew Tirrell, William R. Moomaw and Olivier Ragueneau
17. Consumption: institutions and actors
Gabriela Kütting
18. Expertise: specialized knowledge in environmental politics and sustainability
Andrew Karvonen and Ralf Brand
19. Uncertainty: risk, technology and the future
Jennifer Yarnold, Ray Maher, Karen Hussey and Stephen Dovers
20. Environmental security: international scope, national regimes and the human dimension
Sabina W. Lautensach and Alexander K. Lautensach
21. Earth system governance: world politics in the post-environmental age
Frank Biermann
22. Environmental diplomacy: international conferences and negotiations
Radoslav S. Dimitrov
23. North–South relations: colonialism, empire and international order
Shangrila Joshi
24. Globalization and the environment: economic changes and challenges
Lada V. Kochtcheeva
25. International justice: rights and obligations of states
Steve Vanderheiden
26. Environmental justice: pollution, poverty and marginalized communities
Hollie Nyseth Brehm and David N. Pellow
27. Environmental ethics: philosophy, ecology and other species
Sofia Guedes Vaz and Olivia Bina
28. Participation: public opinion and environmental action
Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt
29. Environmental citizenship: de-politicizing or re-politicizing environmental politics?
Derek Bell
Part V: Key issues and policies in global environmental politics
30. Air pollution and acid rain: early action and slowing progress
Loren R. Cass
31. Stratospheric ozone depletion: elements of success in global environmental politics
David Downie
32. Climate change: international diplomacy and governance from top to bottom
Paul G. Harris
33. Energy: political–economic strategies
Hugh C. Dyer
34. Transport and infrastructure: toward sustainable mobility
Helene Dyrhauge
35. Persistent organic pollutants: managing threats to human health and the environment
David Downie and Jessica Templeton
36. Hazardous waste: fragmented governance and aspirations for environmental justice
Katja Biedenkopf
37. Plastics: from resources to waste and back again
Josephine van Zeben and Violet Ross
38. Water, rivers and wetlands: governance paradigms and principles
Edward Challies and Jens Newig
39. Pollution and management of oceans and seas: challenges in an unresponsive international system
Peter J. Jacques
40. Fisheries and marine mammals: the complexities of collective management
Elizabeth R. DeSombre
41. Biodiversity, migratory species and natural heritage: global challenges ahead
Volker Mauerhofer and Felister Nyacuru
42. Forests: the political ecology of international environmental governance
Constance L. McDermott and David Humphreys
43. Desertification: competing knowledge claims and land-management agendas
Meri Juntti
44. Food and agriculture: global dynamics and environmental consequences
Jennifer Clapp and Sarah J. Martin
Part VI: Conclusion
45. The promises of global environmental politics: prospects for study and practice
Paul G. Harris
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