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Environmental Policy in an International Context - Prospects for Environmental Change
von: Andrew Blowers, Pieter Glasbergen
Elsevier Trade Monographs, 1996
ISBN: 9780080531151 , 321 Seiten
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Environmental Policy in an International Context - Prospects for Environmental Change
Cover
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Environmental Policy in an International Context: Prospects for Environmental Change
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Copyright
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Contents
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About the contributors
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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INTRODUCTION
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1 SOVEREIGN STATES AND INTERNATIONAL REGIMES
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1.1 Introduction
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1.2 The state and civil society
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1.3 Co-operation between states in a transnational societal context
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1.4 Regimes, global learning and the re-definition of sovereignty
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2 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTALPOLICIES
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2.1 Introduction
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2.2 The nature, diversity and growth of environmental NGOs
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2.3 Constraints and opportunities
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2.4 NGOs as agents/actors
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2.5 Assessing NGO influence on environmental policies
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2.6 Conclusion
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3 BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
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3.1 Introduction
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3.2 Alternative approaches to business-related environmental policy
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3.3 Constraints and opportunities
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3.4 The debate over self-regulation
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3.5 Sustainable development, international trade and the global economy
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3.6 Conclusion
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4 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
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4.1 Introduction
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4.2 International trade and resource use
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4.3 Development and trade
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4.4 The international trading order: GATT/WTO
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4.5 Criteria for an optimum policy
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4.6 International environmental agreements
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4.7 Conclusion
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5 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION: THE EUROPEAN UNION
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5.1 Introduction
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5.2 The first period: 1957–1972
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5.3 The second period: 1972–1986
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5.4 The third period: 1987–1993
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5.5 The fourth period: from 1993 to the present day
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5.6 Constraints and opportunities on environmental policy making
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6 THE SCOPE FOR EAST-WEST CO-OPERATION
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6.1 Introduction
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6.2 The environmental legacy of communist rule
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6.3 EU involvement in East and Central Europe: situating environmental policy in a wider framework of interests
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6.4 EU policy towards East and Central Europe
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6.5 Conclusion
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7 THE SCOPE FOR NORTH–SOUTH CO-OPERATION
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7.1 Introduction
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7.2 Tracing the Third World
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7.3 Development versus environment
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7.4 The road to Rio
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7.5 Conclusion: the scope for North-South co-operation
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8 IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
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8.1 Introduction
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8.2 International regimes and the nation state
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8.3 Environmental problem solving in the context of the European Union
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8.4 Ecological modernisation and regulatory change in the member states of the European Union
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8.5 Conclusion: co-governance and the problem-solving capacity of the nation state
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9 POLICY SCENARIOS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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9.1 Introduction
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9.2 Environmental policy and sustainable development
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9.3 Sustainable development as a policy tool
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9.4 Exploring sustainable developments
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9.5 Sustainable development – the challenge to environmental policy in an international context
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10 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: SHAPING THE FUTURE
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10.1 A transforming moment?
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10.2 Some characteristics of contemporary environmental problems
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10.3 Some characteristics of contemporary society
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10.4 The social conditions for environmental change
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10.5 The political conditions for environmental change
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10.6 Conclusion: major political constraints on achieving sustainability
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10.7 A sustainable future?
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References
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Index
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