Institutions for the Earth

Sources of Effective International Environmental Protection
Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-0-262-58119-6
Verlag: MIT Press

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 664 g

Reihe: Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation

Can environmental institutions be effective at bringing about a healthier environment? How? Institutions for the Earth takes a close look at the factors influencing organized responses to seven international environmental problems - oil pollution from tankers, acid rain in Europe, stratospheric ozone depletion, pollution of the North Sea and Baltic, mismanagement of fisheries, overpopulation, and misuses of farm chemicals to determine the roles that environmental institutions have played in attempting to solve them. Through rigorous, systematic comparison, it reveals common patterns that can lead to improvements in the collective management of these problems and suggests ways in which international institutions can further the case of environmental protection.The contributors identify three major functions performed by effective international environmental institutions: building national capacity, improving the contractual environment, and elevating governmental concern. The international organizations analyzed within this framework include the United Nations Environment Program, the Intergovernmental Maritime Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, numerous fisheries commissions, the Commission for Europe, theOslo and Paris Commissions, the Helsinki Commission, and the United Nations Fund for Population Assistance.Peter M. Haas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Robert 0. Keohane is Stanfield Professor of International Peace at Harvard University. Marc A. Levy is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Associate at Harvard's Center for International Affairs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haas, Peter M.

Keohane, Robert O.

Levy, Marc A.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutzorganisationen, Naturschützer
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen

Über Autor(innen)

Haas, Peter M.
Peter M. Haas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst.

Levy, Marc A.
Marc A. Levy is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at
Princeton University and Associate at Harvard's Center for International
Affairs.

Keohane, Robert O.
Robert O. Keohane is a Professor of Political Science at the Woodrow Wilson School
at Princeton University.

Peter M. Haas is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.