Overview

Science is central to understanding most environmental problems and the solutions proposed to remedy them. But environmental issues are highly emotive, attracting extremists from across the politcal spectrum even in the rarified air of international politics. This book seeks to explain what science and politics are in the context of environmental policymaking and how the interplay of science and politics influences international environmental policy. It uses original case studies to explore the interaction of science and politics across a wide range of international environmental issues including climate change, transboundary conflicts and international forest management. Many of the chapters are collaborations between scholars from the natural and social sceinces, offering a unique combination of perspectivs on common environmental challenges worldwide.

Full Product Details

Author:   Neil E. Harrison ,  Gary C. Bryner ,  Michael M. Bell ,  M Leann Brown
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780742520196

ISBN 10:   0742520196
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   09 February 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Thinking About Science and Politics Part 2 I Regional Issues Chapter 3 A Case Study of Two Mexican Biosphere Reserves: The Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta and the El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserves Chapter 4 Scientists and Scientific Uncertainty in EU Policy Processes: BSE and Bovine Hormones Part 5 II Global Issues Chapter 6 Science and International Climate Change Policy Chapter 7 Political Responses to Changing Uncertainty in Climate Change Part 8 III Science and Precaution Chapter 9 Using Science, Ignoring Science: Lake Acidification in Ontario Chapter 10 Lost in the Woods: International Forest Policy Part 11 IV Science, Ideas, and Culture Chapter 12 Localizing Universal Science: Acid Rain Science and Policy in Europe, North America, and East Asia Chapter 13 The Effectiveness of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in Resolving International Fisheries Disputes: The Southern Bluefin Tuna Case Chapter 14 No Fence Can Stop It: Debating Dioxin Drift from a Small U.S. Town to Arctic Canada Chapter 15 International Cooperation in Environmental Politics: Ecosystem Management of the Great Lakes and the Baltic Sea Part 16 V Beyond Case Studies Chapter 17 Toward Theory Chapter 18 Appendix: Teaching with Case Studies

Reviews

Neil Harrison and Gary Bryner's edited book offers important insights into the interrelationships between science and politics concerning critical international environmental issues. The contributors address a wide variety of environmental policy problems and provide useful data and in-depth explanations about the reciprocal connections that exist between science and environmental policy. Environmental studies and policy students and international environmental politics and policy researchers will find the book extremely valuable and instructive.--Sheldon Kamieniecki

Author Information

Neil E. Harrison is executive director of the Sustainable Development Institute and adjunct professor of international studies at the University of Wyoming. Gary C. Bryner is professor of political science at Brigham Young University.

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