Science and Politics in the International Environment

Bys: Harrison, Neil E. Bryner and Bryner, Gary C.

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 political spectrum even in the rarified air of international poli

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074252020X
• ISBN13: 9780742520202
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

An original gathering of case studies

Compiled and edited by the team of Nekil E. Harrison and Gary Bryner, with a special focus upon the science surrounding environmental issues and controversies, Science And Politics In The International Environment is an original gathering of case studies linking environmental science and political policy-making, drawing on essays from all disciplines in the process of explaining how science and politics interact to create, determine and influence policy structures. The result is an excellent collaboration between scholars from the natural and social sciences and a highly recommended addition to academic Environmental Studies collections and environmental activist reading lists.