International Organizations and Environmental Policy

by Robert V. Bartlett, Priya A. Kurian, Madhu Malik

Overview

This volume from the Policy Studies Organization provides critical, theoretical, and empirical perspectives on international organizations, the policy implications of these organizations, and the possible roles such agencies can play in international environmental policy. With contributions from a wide range of scholars, the work takes up such topical issues as the Rio Agenda of 1992 and its implementation; the role the European Union might play in environmental policy; the place of environmentalism in the development strategies and tactics of organizations such as the World Bank; and the development of international environmental law.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313296239
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/27/1995
Series:	Contributions in Political Science , #35
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	1520L (what's this?)

About the Author

ROBERT V. BARTLETT is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University in Indiana. He is the editor of Policy Through Impact Assessment: Institutionalized Analysis as a Policy Strategy (Greenwood Press, 1989) and coauthor of Environmental Policy in New Zealand: The Politics of Clean and Green (1993).

PRIYA A. KURIAN is a fellow in the Women's Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of scholarly articles on environmental policy.

MADHU MALIK is an instructor in the Department of History and Political Science at Purdue University. She has published articles on environmental impact assessment and international environmental organizations.

Table of Contents

Introduction
International Environmental Policy: Redesigning the Agenda for Theory and Practice? by Priya A. Kurian, Robert V. Bartlett, and Madhu Malik
International Organizations and Environmental Policy
Necessity for Organizational Change: Implementing the Rio Agenda of 1992 by Lynton K. Caldwell
Environmental Policy and the European Union by John McCormick
Policy Making in International Organizations: The European Union and Ozone Protection by Leann Brown
The World Meteorological Organization as a Purveyor of Global Public Goods by Marvin S. Soroos and Elena N. Nikitina
Environmental Learning at the World Bank by Philippe G. Le Prestre
U.S. Congress and the World Bank: Impact of News Media on International Environmental Policy by Priya A. Kurian
The Institutionalization of International Environmental Policy: International Environmental Law and International Organizations by Dimitris Stevis and Clifton Wilson
International Regimes and the Management of Environmental Resources
International Regimes and Environmental Policy: An Evaluation of the Role of International Law by Lynne M. Jurgielewicz
International Organizations, Environmental Cooperation, and Regime Theory by Paul D'Anieri
UNEP and the Montreal Protocol by David Leonard Downie
Iterative Functionalism and Climate Management Organizations: From 'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change' to 'Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee by David Lewis Feldman
Forum Shopping: Issue Linkages in the Genetic Resources Issue by Robin Pistorius
Conclusion
Do We Need a New 'Theory' of International Organizations? by Madhu Malik

Editorial Reviews

Suggests a framework for evaluating the place of international organizations in international environmental policy based on their internal characteristics and relations to other bodies, and argues for reconceptualizing the agenda for international environmental policy by bridging the gap between normative and empirical research. The topics include implementing the Rio agenda of 1992, the European Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Bank, international law, and the Montreal Protocol. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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