An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas.
Jacques (political science, U. of Central Florida) discusses the emergence of environmental skepticism in conservative think tanks in the United States and notes its role as a counter-movement tool to
Recently global health issues have leapt to the forefront of the international agenda and are now an everyday concern around the world. The war for global health is clearly being lost on many fronts a
Delreux examines how the EU functions when it participates in international environmental negotiations. In particular, this book looks at the internal EU decision-making process with regard to interna
The European Union (EU) aims to put Europe on track toward a low-carbon economy. In this striking challenge, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has been singled out as the Uniona€?s key climate
Sixteen academics from Canada and the U.S. contribute 13 chapters examining Canadian-American environmental relations. A key theme of the text is the need to study the new dimensions and interdependen
In introductory remarks to 18 chapters derived from the annual conference of the University of Toronto's EnviReform project, Kirkton (political science) and Trebilcock (law) overview the major issues
This volume addresses the ideational and policy-oriented challenges of Africaa€?s health governance due to voluntary and involuntary cross-border migration of people and diseases in a growing 'mobile
Climate change control has risen to the top of the international agenda. Failed efforts, centred in the United Nations, to allocate responsibility have resulted in a challenge now reaching crisis stag
Todaya€?s era of intense globalization has unleashed dynamic movements of people, pathogens, and pests that overwhelm the static territorial jurisdictions on which the governance provided by sovereign
Why do nation states participate differentially in International Environmental Agreements (IEAs), and how can we achieve greater international environmental cooperation through enhanced participation
Multi-institutional governance architectures are increasingly common in world politics, yet how do they evolve over time? This book develops a fresh conceptual approach by distinguishing two main type
