How can the global environment be safeguarded in the absence of a world government? In the vanguard of efforts to address this critical question, Oran R. Young draws on environmental issues to explore the nature of international governance. Young's analysis invokes the distinction between "governance," a social function involving the management of interdependent individuals or groups, and "government," a set of formal organizations that makes and enforces rules.
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How can the global environment be safeguarded in the absence of a world government? In the vanguard of efforts to address this critical question, Oran R. Young draws on environmental issues to explore the nature of international governance. Young's...
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Any reader interested in gaining an understanding of international cooperation, and especially why states have joined together frequently during the past few decades to address environmental problems, will find this a worthwhile book.
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A series edited by Peter J. Katzenstein
A series edited by Peter J. Katzenstein

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780801481765
Publisert
1994
Utgiver
Vendor
Cornell University Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
01, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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Oran R. Young is Research Professor of Government, Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies, and Director of the Institute on International Environmental Governance, Dartmouth College. His many books include, from Cornell University Press, Polar Politics: Creating International Environmental Regimes, edited with Gail Osherenko, and International Cooperation: Building Regimes for Natural Resources and the Environment.