Environmental problems are often international in scope, and a substantial body of academic work has evolved as a result. This book brings these intrinsically related fields - international relations theory and ecophilosophy - together. It asks what ecological crisis can teach international relations theorists; what have they learnt up to date?; and what ecological perspective have governments and NGOs adopted on the global scene? Eric Laferriere and Peter Stoett ask whether the environmental crises faced by scholars and policy makers have induced significant changes in perspective, and...
Environmental problems are often international in scope, and a substantial body of academic work has evolved as a result. This book brings these intri...
Environmental problems are often international in scope, and a substantial body of academic work has evolved as a result. This book brings these intrinsically related fields - international relations theory and ecophilosophy - together. It asks what ecological crisis can teach international relations theorists; what have they learnt up to date?; and what ecological perspective have governments and NGOs adopted on the global scene? Eric Laferriere and Peter Stoett ask whether the environmental crises faced by scholars and policy makers have induced significant changes in perspective, and...
Environmental problems are often international in scope, and a substantial body of academic work has evolved as a result. This book brings these intri...
Whales: large, mysterious, intelligent, and endangered. Over the years, large-scale commercial whaling has gradually devoured several species, resulting in a global moratorium issues by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1986. Current debate centers on the validity of this ban given strong opposition from whaling communities in Norway and Japan, Iceland's withdrawal frm the IWC, and reputed recovery of some whale populations.
The International Politics of Whaling is a fascinating study of the politics, environmental dilemmas, and ethical questions surrounding this...
Whales: large, mysterious, intelligent, and endangered. Over the years, large-scale commercial whaling has gradually devoured several species, resu...
International Ecopolitical Theory assembles some of the top thinkers in the field to provide an invaluable overview of the main critical approaches to global environmental politics. Guided by questions of how to better understand the ecological predicaments of our time and the global dimensions of the environmental policy questions they raise, this book is a major contribution to fostering a new approach to international relations and ecological theory.
With contributions from experts in political science, philosophy, ecology, history, geography, and systems theory, this...
International Ecopolitical Theory assembles some of the top thinkers in the field to provide an invaluable overview of the main critical app...
There is growing recognition that the post-Cold War era demands new conceptions of global and human security. In this highly readable account of international security issues, Peter Stoett begins by disussing four principal security threats: state violence, environmental degradation, population displacement, and globalization.
Employing a minimalist-maximalist framework - the minimalist interpretation applies to conventional and restricted legal definitions of a term, while the maximalist interpretation refers to broader conceptions of problems, often global in effect - Stoett...
There is growing recognition that the post-Cold War era demands new conceptions of global and human security. In this highly readable account of in...
International Ecopolitical Theory assembles some of the top thinkers in the field to provide an invaluable overview of the main critical approaches to global environmental politics. Guided by questions of how to better understand the ecological predicaments of our time and the global dimensions of the environmental policy questions they raise, this book is a major contribution to fostering a new approach to international relations and ecological theory.
With contributions from experts in political science, philosophy, ecology, history, geography, and systems theory, this...
International Ecopolitical Theory assembles some of the top thinkers in the field to provide an invaluable overview of the main critical app...
