John Mccormick

Environmental Politics and Policy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides systematic coverage of the key concepts in the study of environmental politics; the evolution of environmental thinking; the national and international actors involved in environmental policy; and a selection of specific environmental problems including their causes, the challenges and results of addressing them to date.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL / Macmillan Education
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9781137604002
• ISBN-10: 113760400X
• Artikelnr.: 48665993

Autorenporträt

John McCormick is Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Understanding Key Concepts
2. Perspectives on the Environment
3. The Dynamics of Environmental Policy
4. Actors at the State Level
5. Actors at the International Level
6. Air Pollution: Few Sources, Many Effects
7. Water: Quantity vs. Quality
8. Natural Resources: Forests, Oceans and Fisheries
9. Waste: A Failure of Consumer Society
10. Biodiversity: Species, Genes and Ecology
11. Energy: The Slow Road to Renewables
12. Climate Change: The Ultimate Global Test.