Environmental Policy in an International Context: Prospects for Environmental Change (Volume 3) (Environmental Policy in an International Context, Volume 3)

This volume examines the environmental issues currently under debate in the international arena. The text approaches the topic at a conceptual level, and from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. It analyses the roles of key players in environmental policy, the nation state, non-governmental organizations and the business community. It continues with an examination of the importance of international relations (trade, east, west, north, south), and goes on to consider the prospects for sustainable development and social changes required for sustainable development to become a reality. Content: About the contributors Pages xi-xiii Preface Pages xv-xvi Acknowledgements Pages xvii-xviii Introduction Original Research Article Pages 1-6 Andrew Blowers 1 Sovereign states and international regimes Original Research Article Pages 7-23 Martin List 2 Non-governmental organisations and environmental policies Original Research Article Pages 25-49 David Potter 3 Business and environmental policies Original Research Article Pages 51-78 Richard Welford 4 International trade and environmental policies Original Research Article Pages 79-103 Gerrit Faber 5 International co-operation: the European Union Original Research Article Pages 105-134 Gerrit Vonkeman 6 The scope for East-West co-operation Original Research Article Pages 135-165 Susan Baker 7 The scope for North-South co-operation Original Research Article Pages 167-196 Colin Sage 8 Implementing international environmental policies Original Research Article Pages 197-221 Kenneth Hanf 9 Policy scenarios for sustainable development Original Research Article Pages 223-254 Henk van Latesteijn, Jan Schoonenboom 10 Environment and society: shaping the future Original Research Article Pages 255-283 Andrew Blowers, Pieter Leroy References Pages 284-295 Index Pages 296-302 1. Perspectives on environmental problems 2. Environmental problems as conflicts of interest 3. Prospects for environmental change. Environmental Policy in an International Context