International Environmental Negotiation

This timely volume examines the development of international negotiations on environmental issues and strives to extend a new approach to international negotiations--an approach that takes into account the complex interrelationships of modern society. One of the objectives of the international editorial board, consisting of senior negotiation researchers, is to draw lessons for practice. The contributors first develop a simple, conceptual framework to clarify the distinctive attributes of international environmental negotiations. This framework is then applied by experts in the environmental field to a series of case analyses covering a broad range of issues. Issues presented include climate change, ozone depletion, desertification, acid rain, sea pollution, and biological diversity. International Environmental Negotiation is essential reading for scholars and students in urban and environmental studies, international relations, law, international business, regional and global studies, and other disciplines where conflict and negotiation are considered. "The case studies provide a perspective often missing from similar volumes. Their main strength comes from the unusually broad range of disciplinary background represented by the contributors. . . . Reports of negotiations from those who were themselves actors in the drama provide detail and an immediacy sometimes lacking in less varied publications. . . . Good books in the increasingly crowded field of international negotiation concerning environmental issues are hard to find. This volume . . . deserves to be added to that short list." --Environmental Values "In a field where collections of essays are proliferating at a rapid pace, this volume stands out for its coherence. It follows a tight structure, and adopts a very helpful systematic approach which is combined with policy management. . . . This book is very highly recommended for students and researchers in these areas and in international relations generally." --Caroline Thomas, University of Southampton

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803947607
• ISBN13: 9780803947603
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.5"