Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan

Kenneth E. (University of N British Columbia) Wilkening

• Hardcover | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• What we can learn from the Japanese approach to the problem of acid rain: a historical study of the influence of science on policy and sustainability. Lees meer

Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan

Kenneth E Wilkening

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• Acid Rain Science and Politics in Japan is a pioneering work in environmental and Asian history as well as an in-depth analysis of the influence of sc... Lees meer

People and Forests

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• Unplanned deforestation, which is occurring at unsustainable rates in many parts of the world, can cause significant hardships for rural communities b... Lees meer

Shadows in the Forest

Peter (University of British Columbia) Dauvergne

• Paperback | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• This book is the first to analyze the environmental impact of Japanese trade, corporations, and aid on timber management in the context of Southeast A... Lees meer

Changing the Atmosphere

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• In recent years, Earth systems science has advanced rapidly, helping to transform climate change and other planetary risks into major political issues... Lees meer

Earthly Politics

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• Globalization today is as much a problem for international harmony as it is a necessary condition of living together on our planet. Increasing interco... Lees meer

Views from the Alps

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• Focusing on the Alpine region to look at climate change's regional manifestations. Although climate change is a global problem, there is a growing rec... Lees meer

Beyond the Tragedy in Global Fisheries

D G Webster

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• An analysis of how responsive governance has shaped the evolution of global fisheries in cyclical patterns of depletion and rebuilding dubbed the "man... Lees meer

A Fragmented Continent

Guy Edwards, J Timmons Roberts

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• How Latin American countries became leading voices and innovators on addressing climate change--and what threatens their leadership. Latin American co... Lees meer

Instituting Nature

Andrew S Mathews

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• A study of how encounters between forestry bureaucrats and indigenous forest managers in Mexico produced official knowledge about forests and the stat... Lees meer

Between Preservation and Exploitation

Kemi Fuentes-George

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• A study of biodiversity governance analyzes the factors that determine the effectiveness of transnational advocacy networks and the importance of just... Lees meer

Global Institutions and Social Knowledge

Virginia M Walsh

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• This theoretical and empirical study examines the influence of global institutions on the generation of scientific knowledge. Virginia Walsh's approac... Lees meer

Bureaucratic Landscapes

Craig W Thomas

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• Political scientists have long been concerned about the tension between institutional fragmentation and policy coordination in the U.S. bureaucracy. T... Lees meer

The Commons in the New Millennium

• Paperback | Engels | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• Globalization, population growth, and resource depletion are drawing increased attention to the importance of common resources such as forests, water ... Lees meer

Learning to Manage Global Environmental Risks

Social Learning Group

• Paperback | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for globa... Lees meer

The Power of Words in International Relations

Charlotte (Professor, University of Sydney) Epstein

• Hardcover | Politics, Science, and the Environment
• The role of discursive power in shaping international relations analyzed through the lens of whaling politics. Lees meer