Science and Politics in International Environmental Regimes: Between Integrity and InvolvementThis collaborative volume, the culmination of years of research, addresses the issue of why some attempts at solving or alleviating international environmental problems succeed while others fail. The volume combines analytical work on regime theories with case studies covering several topical issues: whaling, air pollution, the ozone layer, and land based sea pollution. |
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Contents
Tables | 13 |
Exploring the dynamics of the sciencepolitics interaction | 22 |
The whaling regime Steinar Andresen | 35 |
Dealing with landbased marine pollution in the northeast | 70 |
The ECE Convention on Long Range Transboundary | 95 |
The ozone regime Tora Skodvin | 122 |
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | 146 |
Comparative conclusions Arild Underdal | 181 |
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| Title | Science and Politics in International Environmental Regimes: Between Integrity and Involvement Issues in environmental politics |
| Author | Steinar Andresen |
| Editors | Steinar Andresen, Tora Skodvin, Arild Underdal, Jorgen Wettestad |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0719058066, 9780719058066 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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