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Environment and Statecraft
Scott Barrett
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Description for Environment and Statecraft
Paperback. How did the Montreal Protocol succeed in protecting the earth's ozone layer? Why will the Kyoto Protocol fail to materially dampen global climate change? Are treaties really needed? This book develops a theory to answer these questions - one that integrates the approaches used in economics, political science, international law, and game theory. Num Pages: 456 pages, Numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: JPS; KCN; LBBC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
Environmental problems like global climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion can only be remedied if states cooperate with one another. But sovereign states usually care only about their own interests. So states must somehow restructure the incentives to make cooperation pay. This is what treaties are meant to do. A few treaties, such as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, succeed. Most, however, fail to alter the state behaviour appreciably. This book develops a theory that explains both the successes and the failures. In particular, the book explains when treaties are needed, why some ... Read more
Environmental problems like global climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion can only be remedied if states cooperate with one another. But sovereign states usually care only about their own interests. So states must somehow restructure the incentives to make cooperation pay. This is what treaties are meant to do. A few treaties, such as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, succeed. Most, however, fail to alter the state behaviour appreciably. This book develops a theory that explains both the successes and the failures. In particular, the book explains when treaties are needed, why some ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199286096
SKU
V9780199286096
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Ref
99-35
About Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett is Professor of Environmental Economics and International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He was educated in the US, Canada, and Britain and taught previously at the London Business School.
Reviews for Environment and Statecraft
... a truly important contribution to the literature on international environmental cooperation.
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