Abstract
More than twenty years after the Bruntland Commission report, Our Common Future, we have yet to secure the basis for a serious approach to global environmental governance. The failed 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development showed the need for a new approach to globalization and sustainability. Taking a critical perspective, rooted in political economy, regulation theory, and post-sovereign international relations, this book explores questions concerning the governance of environmental sustainability in a globalizing economy. With contributions from leading international scholars, the book offers a comprehensive framework on globalization, governance, and sustainability, and examines institutional mechanisms and arrangements to achieve sustainable environmental governance. It: • considers current failures in the framework of global environmental governance • addresses the problematic relationship between sustainability and globalization • explores controversies of development and environment that have led to new processes of institution building • examines the marketization of environmental policy-making; stakeholder politics and environmental policy-making; socio-economic justice; the political origins of sustainable consumption; the role of transnational actors; and processes of multi-level global governance. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of political science, international studies, political economy and environmental studies.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Number of pages | 239 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781134059829 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415449199 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2008 Jacob Park, Ken Conca and Matthias Finger election and editorial matter; individual contributors, their contributions
