Green Rethinking Private Authority

Agents and Entrepreneurs in Global Environmental Governance
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4866-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Jessica F. Green is assistant professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University. She is the coeditor of The Politics of Participation in Sustainable Development Governance and Reforming International Environmental Governance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Jessica F.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Acronyms xiii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1. A Theory of Private Authority 26

Chapter 2. Agents of the State: A Century of Delegation in International Environmental Law 54

Chapter 3. Governors of the Market: The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Authority 78

Chapter 4. Atmospheric Police: Delegated Authority in the Clean Development Mechanism 104

Chapter 5. Atmospheric Accountants: Entrepreneurial Authority and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol 132

Chapter 6. Conclusion 163

Bibliography 183

Index 207

Über Autor(innen)

Jessica F. Green is assistant professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University. She is the coeditor of The Politics of Participation in Sustainable Development Governance and Reforming International Environmental Governance.