This book is the first comprehensive history of international efforts to protect the ozone layer, the greatest success yet achieved in managing human impacts on the global environment. Its arguments about how this success was achieved are both theoretically novel and of great significance for the management of other global problems, particularly global climate change. The book provides an account of the ozone-depletion issues from the first attempts to develop international action in the 1970s to the mature functioning of the present international regime. It examines the parallel developments...
This book is the first comprehensive history of international efforts to protect the ozone layer, the greatest success yet achieved in managing human ...
Are we on the verge of a global environmental catastrophe, or is a modest revision of environmental policy all that is necessary to ensure our safety and prosperity? Governing the Environment considers both scenarios, and those between the two extremes, in its examination of current trends and challenges in managing environmental issues.
This collection of seven essays, authored by leading Canadian academics, examines different aspects of the relationship between government and environmental issues. The volume focuses on Canadian contributions and innovations in the field, but it is...
Are we on the verge of a global environmental catastrophe, or is a modest revision of environmental policy all that is necessary to ensure our safe...
A Subtle Balance critically reflects on major trends and enduring challenges over the last four decades of public policy and governance. During this time, a tension has existed between two aims for public decisions: that they be based on the best available evidence and analysis, and that they be fully democratic. This period has seen a continuing drive for more direct citizen engagement in decision-making and governments trying to address major policy issues through novel consultative and collaborative processes. In essays that offer detailed and novel insights into the recent history of...
A Subtle Balance critically reflects on major trends and enduring challenges over the last four decades of public policy and governance. During this t...
A Subtle Balance critically reflects on major trends and enduring challenges over the last four decades of public policy and governance. During this time, a tension has existed between two aims for public decisions: that they be based on the best available evidence and analysis, and that they be fully democratic. This period has seen a continuing drive for more direct citizen engagement in decision-making and governments trying to address major policy issues through novel consultative and collaborative processes. In essays that offer detailed and novel insights into the recent history of...
A Subtle Balance critically reflects on major trends and enduring challenges over the last four decades of public policy and governance. During this t...
Provides a concise, thorough overview of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change in a single volume. Ideal for undergraduate/graduate courses in environmental policy and climate change. Explains interactions between science and politics that make climate change a contentious and potentially confusing topic.
Provides a concise, thorough overview of the science, technology, economics, policy, and politics of climate change in a single volume. Ideal for unde...
