Global Regimes and Nation-States : Environmental Issues in Australian Politics

At a time when environmental issues are prominent on many countries' political agendas, this book examines how one country, Australia, is handling the interplay between international and domestic environmental politics. Cover Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Acronyms 1. Introduction: Global Arrangements and the Australian Polity Australia in the international system The natural environment as a policy arena I. Australia and International Environmental Order 2. International Institutions: The Environment and Foreign Policy Australian diplomacy in the United Nations system The OECD and environmental policy Non-governmental conservation networks Environmental institutions in Australian foreign policy 3. The Politics of Conservation: Wildlife, Ecosystems and Heritage The international politics of the wildlife trade Migratory species and habitats conservation World heritage sites and the Tasmanian dam Australia and international conservation policy 4. The International Regulation of Pollution Australia and the UNCLOS III negotiations International marine pollution conventions The western industrialized nations and toxic chemicals Pollution as an international issue 5. Australia, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean Sovereignty and policy in Antarctica Environmental protection under the Antarctica Treaty The conservation of marine living resources Antarctic ecosystems and Australian policy II. Charting the Policy Process 6. Institution-building and Cooperative Federalism The Australian states as environmental actors Policy process at the Commonwealth level The politics and mechanics of federal-state collaboration Cooperative federalism and the environment 7. Federal-state Diplomacy and International Institutions The states, the Commonwealth and international institutions The political economy of chemicals regulation Towards a National Conservation Strategy Institution-building at the international level 8. The Management of International Conventions The negotiation and impact of international agreements Jurisdiction in the marine environment Antarctica and the Australian policy process The politics of international conventions 9. Domestic Contexts: Environmental Constituencies in Australian Politics The evolution and character of the environmental movement Environmental groups and Australian public opinion Influence strategies and environmental issues The role of the scientific community Domestic politics and the global environment III. The Politics of Regimes 10. Australia and the Global Environment, 1965-1985 The making of Australia's international environment policy Impact of the external milieu Australia in comparative perspective Theory and practice in regime construction Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y