Environment and Statecraft

The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-925733-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

Are treaties really needed? Can they be made to work better? This book develops a theory to answer these questions--one that integrates the approaches used in economics, political science, international law, and game theory. It also applies the theory to some of the world's most important environmental problems.

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 incenti

1. Introduction; 2. The North Pacific Fur Seal Treaty and the Theory of International Cooperation; 3. Transnational Cooperation Dilemmas; 4. Games with Multiple Equilibria; 5. Customary Rights and Responsibilities; 6. International Environmental Agreements; 7. The Treaty Participation Game; 8. The Montreal Protocol; 9. Tipping Treaties; 10. Compliance and the Strategy of Reciprocity; 11. The Depth and Breadth of International Cooperation; 12. Trade Leakage and Trade Linkage; 13. The Side Payments Game; 14. Summary; 15. Global Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barrett, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Operations Research Spieltheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik

Über Autor(innen)

(Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA)