
Change in Global Environmental Politics
Temporal Focal Points and the Reform of International Institutions
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Change in Global Environmental Politics
Temporal Focal Points and the Reform of International Institutions
About this book
As wildfires rage, pollution thickens, and species disappear, the world confronts environmental crisis with a set of global institutions in urgent need of reform. Yet, these institutions have proved frustratingly resistant to change.Introducing the concept of Temporal Focal Points, Manulak shows how change occurs in world politics. By re-envisioning the role of timing and temporality in social relations, his analysis presents a new approach to understanding transformative phases in international cooperation.We may now be entering such a phase, he argues, and global actors must be ready to realize the opportunities presented. Charting the often colorful and intensely political history of change in global environmental politics, this book sheds new light on the actors and institutions that shape humanity's response to planetary decline.It will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of international relations, international organization and environmental politics and history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: Institutional Suboptimality in World Politics
- 2 It's About Time: Explaining Change in United Nations Environmental Institutions
- 3 The Stockholm Conference and Institutional Change
- 4 UNEP and the 1982 Nairobi Conference
- 5 The Brundtland Commission and the Seeds of Change
- 6 The Rio Conference and Institutional Change
- 7 Post-UNCED UN Environmental Institutions
- 8 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index