The volume takes a long view of the relevance of different theoretical approaches in international relations to the study of global environmental change, rather than the more familiar case-study approach. It provides a survey of the current treatment of environmental issues in international relations. There are chapters on normative theory and the idea of environmental security, and the significant connections between gender and global environmental change. A radical approach is taken to international political ecology and international political economy. A range of key international...

Environmental issues and questions of global change are now firmly established on the international political agenda. This book provides a wide-ranging survey of the current treatment of environmental issues in international relations.
This book begins by looking at the relevance of the different theoretical approaches current in international relations to the study of the environment. It analyzses a wide range of approaches from the debate between neo-realism and liberal institutionalism to the significant connections between gender and global environmental change. The book goes on to...

The European Union has emerged on to the world stage as a global actor surprisingly recently. However the EU is now, quite rightly, regarded as the second most powerful, wealthy and influential international presence and the only one with the genuine clout to rival the US. This has been seen recently on issues as varied as international security, peacekeeping, global warming, trade and human rights. This book examines the emergence, role and future of the EU as an actor in world politics. It looks at the core areas of European foreign policy: economy; trade; the environment; development;...

This new and updated edition is essential for those wanting to understand the limits to collective action on global environmental problems. It develops and applies the tools of regime analysis to the question of how the various global commons are, or fail to be, governed effectively.

Since the publication of the first edition of The Global Commons there have been many developments particularly in the area of climate change and sustainable development e.g. Agenda 21. This new edition has been extensively re-written and expanded to take into account recent developments and includes...

John Vogler examines the international politics of climate change, with a focus on the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC). He considers how the international system treats the problem of climate change, analysing the ways in which this has been defined by the international community and the interests and alignments of state governments.

John Vogler examines the international politics of climate change, with a focus on the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC). He considers how the international system treats the problem of climate change, analysing the ways in which this has been defined by the international community and the interests and alignments of state governments.