Global Justice and Neoliberal Environmental Governance: Ethics, sustainable development and international co-operation (Routledge Research in Environmental Politics)

This book is an ethical critique of existing approaches to sustainable development and international environmental cooperation, providing a detailed and structured account of the tensions, normative shifts and contradictions that currently characterize it. With specific focus on three environmental regimes, the volume explores the way various notions of justice feature both implicitly and explicitly in the design of global environmental policies. In so doing, the dominant conceptions of justice that underpin key global environmental policies are identified and criticised on the basis of their compatibility with the normative essence of global sustainable development. Global Justice and Neoliberal Environmental Governance demonstrates that whilst moral norms inflict far greater impact in regime development than is currently acknowledged by orthodox approaches to regime analysis, the core polices remain rooted in two neo-liberal interpretations of justice which undermine the ability to achieve sustainable development and international justice. It will appeal to students and scholars of politics, philosophy, international relations, geography and law. This Book Is An Ethical Critique Of Existing Approaches To Sustainable Development And International Environmental Co-operation As A Result Of The Existing Attempt To Contain The Demands For Global Environmental Justice Within Institutional Boundaries. With Specific Focus On Three Environmental Regimes, This Book Explores The Way That Various Notions Of Justice Feature Both Implicitly And Explicitly In The Design Of Global Environmental Policies. In So Doing, The Dominant Conceptions Of Justice That Underpin These Policies Are Identified And, In Turn, Criticised On The Basis Of Their Compatibility With The Normative Essence Of Global Sustainable Development. The Book Demonstrates That, Although Moral Norms Have A Far Greater Impact On Regime Development Than Is Currently Acknowledged, The Core Policies For The Most Part Remain Rooted In Two Neoliberal Interpretations Of Justice, Both Of Which Undermine The Ability To Achieve Sustainable Development And International Justice.--jacket. Pt. I. Setting The Scene -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Regimes As A Medium For International Distributive Justice -- 3. Towards A Theory Of Global Environmental Justice -- Pt. Ii. Empirical Analysis Of Three Regime Tests -- 4. Managing A Global Commons : The United Nations Conference On The Law Of The Sea -- 5. The Global Waste Management Regime : The Basel Convention -- 6. Protecting The Global Atmosphere : The Unfccc -- Pt. Iii. Normative Critique -- 7. Establishing The Core Ideas Of Justice In Eco-regimes -- 8. Ethics Of Global Sustainability And Neoliberal Ideas Of Justice -- 9. Global Justice And Neoliberal Environmental Governance -- 10. Conclusions. Chukwumerije Okereke. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [194]-226) And Index. "This book is an ethical critique of existing approaches to sustainable development and international environmental co-operation. It provides a detailed and structured account of the tensions, normative shifts and contradictions that currently characterise global environmental co-operation as a result of the existing attempt to contain the demands for global environmental justice within institutional boundaries. With specific focus on three environmental regimes, the book explores the way that various notions of justice feature both implicitly and explicitly in the design of global environmental policies. In doing so, the dominant conceptions of justice that underpin these policies are identified and, in turn, criticised on the basis of their compatibility with the normative essence of global sustainable development. The book demonstrates that, although moral norms have a far greater impact on regime development than is currently acknowledged by orthodox approaches to regime analysis, the core policies for the most part remain rooted in two neoliberal interpreations of justice, both of which, in practice, undermine the ability to achieve sustainable development and international justice."--Page 4 of cover Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Part I Setting the scene......Page 10 1 Introduction......Page 12 2 Regimes as a medium for international distributive justice......Page 23 3 Towards a theory of global environmental justice......Page 41 Part II Empirical analysis of three regime texts......Page 64 4 Managing a global commons: The United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea......Page 66 5 The global waste management regime: The Basel Convention......Page 89 6 Protecting the global atmosphere: The UNFCCC......Page 108 Part III Normative critique......Page 132 7 Establishing the core ideas of justice in eco-regimes......Page 134 8 Ethics of global sustainability and neoliberal ideas of justice......Page 155 9 Global justice and neoliberal environmental governance......Page 177 10 Conclusions......Page 196 Notes......Page 203 References......Page 211 Index......Page 236