Preface: Reflections on Global Environmental Politics: Practice and Scholarship amidst Ecological Change
1. Introduction: Delineating global environmental politics
Part I: Explaining and understanding global environmental politics
2. The discipline of global environmental politics: a short history
3. Mainstream theories: realism and rationalism
4. Alternative theories: constructivism, Marxism and critical approaches
5. The study of global environmental politics: strategies for research and learning
6. Advanced scholarship: interdisciplinary research at the science-policy interface
Part II: Actors and institutions in global environmental politics
7. States: nations, sovereignty and the international system
8. International organizations: global and regional environmental cooperation
9. International environmental regimes: formation, effectiveness and trends
10. International environmental law: sources, principles and innovations
11. Environmental foreign policy: crossovers among levels of governance
12. Comparative environmental politics: domestic institutions and actors
13. Corporations: business and industrial influence
14. Transnational actors: Nongovernmental organizations, civil society and individuals
Part III: Ideas and themes in global environmental politics
15. Sustainability: foundational principles
16. Consumption: institutions and actors
17. Expertise: specialized knowledge in environmental politics and sustainability
18. Uncertainty: risk, technology and the future
19. Environmental security: international, national and human
20. Environmental diplomacy: international conferences and negotiations
21. North-South relations: colonialism, empire and international order
22. Globalization and the environment: markets, finance and trade
23. International justice: rights and obligations of states
24. Environmental justice: pollution, poverty and marginalized communities
25. Environmental ethics: philosophy, ecology and other species
26. Participation: public opinion and environmental action
27. Environmental citizenship: global, local and individual
Part IV: Key issues and policies in global environmental politics
28. Energy and climate change
29. Stratospheric ozone depletion
30. Air pollution and acid rain
31. Sustainable transport and infrastructure
32. Persistent organic pollutants
33. Hazardous wastes
34. Water, rivers and wetlands
35. Pollution and management of oceans and seas
36. Fisheries and marine mammals
37. Biodiversity, migratory species and natural heritage
38. Forests
39. Desertification
40. Food and agriculture
