Book Reviewers Sought for JIWLP (January 30th, 2005 deadline)
The Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy (JIWLP), a Taylor Francis Informa publication, would like to find college/university faculty members or full time professional researchers to write book reviews of the titles listed, below. (These book review commissions are not offered to graduate students): Each review should be between 900 and 1,000 words long and must be submitted for copy editing by January 30th, 2005 (or earlier). Authors will assume responsibility for evaluating each book in the context of other recent and relevant publications. T F Informa provide 25 offprint copies ofreviews published in JIWLP. Additional offprints can be purchased. The footnote and citation style ofJIWLP conforms to the legal Bluebook and is explained on the Journal's web site, http://www.jiwlp.com. Copies of the books for review are provided and can be kept. Readers with a serious interest in these commissions should contact me by e-mail. The books offered in this round are: Maria Guadalupe Moog Rodrigues, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTALISM LOCAL POLITICS: TRANSNATIONAL ADVOCACY NETWORKS IN BRAZIL, ECUADOR, INDIA (SUNY Press, 2004). David G. Victor, THE COLLAPSE OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL THE STRUGGLE TO SLOW GLOBAL WARMING, with a new Afterword (Princeton University Press, for the Council on Foreign Relations, 2004). Virginia M. Walsh, GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE: GENERATING RESEARCH AT THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTION THE INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION, 1900s-1990s (MIT Press, 2004). Éric Montpetit, MISPLACED DISTRUST: POLICY NETWORKS THE ENVIRONMENT IN FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES CANADA (UBC Press, 2003 [2004 paperback]). Paul Nadasdy, HUNTERS BUREAUCRATS: POWER, KNOWLEDGE, ABORIGINAL-STATE RELATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST YUKON (UBC Press, 2004). Geoffrey. Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California, Davis Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making
One more footnote for this thread, about whether, how, and why NGOs have any influence. The following article (abstract provided below) will be provocative for those who havent seen it (even though it deals with the Ottawa Convention, rather than the UNFCCC). I can provide a full pdf copy to anyone interested. Inasmuch as previous comments tended to suggest that assessing the influence of NGOs was a matter of seeing actors at work in a context thus essentially invoking some variant of interest group theory Anderson implies that elite theory would be a better starting point. He is also suggesting that, if NGOs are influential in international law making, it is at the expense of genuinely democraticlocal processes, NOT in support of them. Kenneth Anderson, The Ottawa Convention Banning Landmines: The Role of International Non-governmental Organizations and the Idea of International Civil Society, 11 European Journal of International Law 91-120 (2000). Abstract: Establishment of the Ottawa Convention Banning Landmines was regarded by many international law scholars, international activists, diplomats and international organization personnel as a defining, 'democratizing' change in the way international law is made. By bringing international NGOs - what is often called 'international civil society' - into the diplomatic and international law-making process, many believe that the Ottawa Convention represented both a democratization of, and a new source of legitimacy for, international law, in part because it was presumably made 'from below'. This article sharply questions whether the Ottawa Convention and the process leading up to it represents and real 'democratization' of international law, challenges the idea that there is even such a thing as 'international civil society', at least in the sense that it is democratic and comes 'from below', and disputes that there can be such a thing as 'democratic' processes at the global level. It suggests, by way of alternative, that the Ottawa Convention and the process leading up to it should be seen as a step in the development of global transnational elites at the expense of genuinely democratic, but hence local, processes. Geoffrey. - Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California, Davis Associate Editor/Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Book Reviewers Sought for JIWLP (July 1st deadline)
The Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy (JIWLP), a Taylor Francis Informa publication, would like to find college/university faculty members or full time professional researchers to write book reviews of the titles listed, below. (These book review commissions are not offered to graduate students). The books offered in this round are: JoAnn Carmin Stacy VanDeveer (eds.), EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE (New York: Routledge, 2005). Linda Fasulo, AN INSIDERS GUIDE TO THE U.N. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004). [Contains chapters on global resource and environmental management]. Malgosia Fitzmaurice Olufemi Elias, WATERCOURSE CO-OPERATION IN NORTHERN EUROPE: A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE (The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, distributed by Cambridge University Press, 2004). Michael T. Hatch (ed.), ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYMAKING: ASSESSING THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE POLICY INSTRUMENTS (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2005). Melody Hessing, Rebecca Raglon Catriona Sandilands (eds.), THIS ELUSIVE LAND: WOMEN AND THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT (Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2005). David L. Levy Peter J. Newell (eds.), THE BUSINESS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005). Matthew McKinney William Harmon, THE WESTERN CONFLUENCE: A GUIDE TO GOVERNING NATURAL RESOURCES (Washington DC: Island Press, 2004). Stephen J. Pyne, TENDING FIRE: COPING WITH AMERICAS WILDLAND FIRES (Washington DC: Island Press, 2004). Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, FRICTION: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF GLOBAL CONNECTION (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005). Commitments: Each review should be at least 900 to 1,000 words long and must be submitted for copy editing by July 1st, 2005 (or earlier). Authors will assume responsibility for evaluating each book in the context of other recent and relevant publications.Prospective authors can also suggest longer book review essays of, perhaps, 3,000 to 4,000 words, the exact parameters to be negotiated. T F Informa provide to authors 25 free offprint copies ofreviews published in JIWLP. Additional offprints can be purchased. The footnote and citation style ofJIWLP conforms to the legal Bluebook and is explained on the Journal's web site, http://www.jiwlp.com. Copies of the books for review are provided and can be kept. Readers with a serious interest in these commissions should contact me by e-mail. Colleagues are encouraged to bring these opportunities to the attention of others who are not members of the gep-ed list. Geoffrey. Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California, Davis Associate Editor/Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
RE: Latin America and the Environment
One very recent addition and with a superb bibliography is: Nora Haenn, FIELDS OF POWER, FORESTS OF DISCONTENT: CULTURE, CONSERVATION, AND THE STATE IN MEXICO (Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2005). Geoffrey. --Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California Associate Editor/Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Per-Olof Busch - glogov.orgSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:57 AMTo: Raul PachecoCc: Kate O'Neill; Kevin P. Gallagher; Paul Steinberg; GEP-ED@listserve1.allegheny.eduSubject: Re: Latin America and the Environment Dear all,Although with a focus on Mexico but nevertheless useful: Hogenboom, Barbara B. 1998. Mexico and the NAFTA environment debate. The transnational politics of economic integration, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam. Includes a comprehensive and very useful overview on the evolution of enivronmental policy in Mexico. Goldrich, D., and D. V. Carruthers. 1992. Sustainable development in Mexico? The international politics of crisis or opportunity. Latin American Perspectives 72 ((19)1):97-122. Griffith, K. A. 1993. NAFTA, Sustainable Development, and the Environment: Mexicos Approach. Journal of Environment and Development 2 (1):193-203. Mumme, Stephen P., and Donna Lybecker. 2002. Environmental capacity in Mexico: an assessment. In Capacity building in national environmental policy: a comparative study of 17 countries, edited by H. Weidner and M. Jänicke. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer. Stern, M. A. 1993. Mexican Environmental Policy Revisited. Journal of Environment and Development 2 (2):185-196. And in order to prevent Raul from tooting his own horn I would like to add that I found his contributions indeed very useful.Per-OlofRaul Pacheco wrote: Dear all, At the risk of tooting my own horn, I'd suggest Pacheco-Vega, R., M. d. C. Carmona-Lara, et al. (2001). The challenge of sustainable development in Mexico. Bringing Business on Board: Sustainable Development and the B-School Curriculum. P. N. Nemetz. Vancouver, BC, JBA Press: 715-739. (Kevin, I can send the PDF if you want me to) Also, just fresh off the presses ... a nice compilation of essays related to environment and Latin America... Romero, A. and S. West, Eds. (2005). Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer Publishers. Which also features a chapter by yours truly... Pacheco-Vega, R. (2005). Democracy by proxy: Environmental NGOs and policy change in Mexico. Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. A. Romero and S. West. Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer Publishers. (I have a camera-ready version in PDF that I can send, very similar to the printed one). The work of Steve Mumme should also be considered... Mumme, S. P. (1998). Environmental Policy and Politics in Mexico. Ecological Policy and Politics in Developing Countries. Economic Growth, Democracy, and Environment. U. Desai. Albany NY, State University of New York: 183-203. Mumme, S. P., C. R. Bath, et al. (1988). "Political Development and Environmental Policy in Mexico." Latin American Research Review 23(1): 7-34. Also, Kathy Hochstetler's work on Brazilian and Argentinian environmental policy (don't have references right now on her work in Brazil but I'm sure she can suggest some). Hochstetler, K. (2002). "After the Boomerang: Environmental Movments and Politics in the La Plata River Basin." Global Environmental Politics 2(2): 35-57. Hope this helps, Raul -- --Raul Raul Pacheco [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Per-Olof Busch, Political Scientist Global Governance Project MANUS Research Group Contact at: Freie Universität Berlin Environmental Policy Research Centre Ihnestrasse 22 14195 Berlin Germany Phone: +49 (0)30 838 544 93 Fax: +49 (0)30 838 566 85 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: www.glogov.org Berlin Conference 2005 "International Organisations and Global Environmental Governance" Berlin, Germany, December 2-3 2005 http://www.fu-berlin.de/ffu/akumwelt/bc2005/index.html
RE: Africa, local governance and sustainable development?
Bram, A classic and still much-disputed work is: John Oates, MYTH AND REALITY IN THE RAIN FOREST: HOW CONSERVATION STRATEGIES ARE FAILING IN WEST AFRICA (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999). Also stimulating and controversial, although for different reasons is: James Fairhead and Melissa Leach, SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND POWER: ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND POLICY IN WEST AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003). The previous work was preceded by: James Fairhead and Melissa Leach, MISREADING THE AFRICAN LANDSCAPE: SOCIETY AND ECOLOGY IN A FOREST-SAVANNA MOSAIC (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996). James Fairhead and Melissa Leach, REFRAMING DEFORESTATION: GLOBAL ANALYSES AND LOCAL REALITIES -- STUDIES IN WEST AFRICA (London: Routledge, 1998). Given the focus of the graduate program you'll be trying to develop, look also at: Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend et al., SHARING POWER: LEARNING BY DOING IN CO-MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (Tehran: IIED and IUCN/CEESP/CMWG and Cenesta, 2004). The book is available through the World Conservation Bookstore. Stephen Bass et al. (eds), REDUCING POVERTY AND SUSTAINING THE ENVIRONMENT: THE POLITICS OF LOCAL ENGAGEMENT (London: Earthscan, 2005). Christo Fabricius et al. (eds), RIGHTS, RESOURCES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: COMMUNITY-BASED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (London: Earthscan, 2005). Arielle Levine and Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith (eds), Wildlife, Markets, States and Communities in Africa, 7 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY 135-216 (2004). I also strongly urge you to spend time gleaning the publications sections of the web sites of the Overseas Development Institute in London and the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex. Fairhead and Leach have had a long association with the latter. Geoffrey. --Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California Associate Editor/Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bram BüscherSent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:03 PMTo: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.eduSubject: Africa, local governance and sustainable development? Dear all,In december I will go to Ghana to assist the University of Cape Coast's Centre for Development Studies in developing a module on 'governance and local level development' within a broader Masters on 'governance and sustainable development'. Specifically geared towards environment / conservation, the course should cover issues around decentralization (institutional, legal, policy, different forms of governance e.g community based natural resource management), stakeholders and structures (incl. assemblies), process dynamics, expected (policy) outcomes (e.g. water, health, access, MDG issues), challenges/ constraints at the local level, resources (financial, material, human) of local governance, and power relations local - national - international. I would very much appreciate suggestions for references / texts on these (broad) issues, especially in the West African / Ghanaian context.Thanks,Bram Bram Büscher - Ph.D. researcher project officerVrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Affiliated to the University of PretoriaResident in South Africa January 2005 January 2006 :334 Farendenstreet, Arcadia, Pretoria, 0083, South AfricaTel. (+27) (0)73 310 4911 (Mob) / (+27) (0)12 344 2678 (home)Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] nl
Environmental Enforcement in Central Eastern Europe
I'm hosting a Hubert Humphrey Fellow from Hungary, who wants to have a better understanding of how to improve the enforcement of environmental laws (already on the books and generally conforming to EU standards) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This is not my strong suit. Is there a good literature in English on the factors that impede effective environmental enforcement in CEE states and the steps that can/might be taken to improve things? And if there is, what's the best way to access it? Geoffrey. --Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California Associate Editor/Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Environmental Enforcement in Central Eastern Europe
Members of the list were very generous in response to my earlier message on this subject. And we are following up on the leads provided. Just to elaborate, UC Davis is a Humphrey Fellowship school and the current Fellow on whose behalf I contacted the list is Dr. Magdolna Rozs. Dr. Rozs was Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairman, Committee on Environmental Affairs, in the Hungarian Parliament before taking up her Humphrey Fellowship, here. She was alsoa Lecturer in Environmental Policy and Law at the University of Pécs. Dr. Rózs received her masters degree in molecular biology and biotechnologyin the Faculty of Science, University of Szeged in Hungary, and an Environmental Law degree at the Eötvös Lóránt University of Law in Hungary. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Szeged in Hungary and University of Bologna, in Italy. She also completed an MBA at the Corvinus University in Hungary. Dr. Rózs worked for more than five years in the Hungarian Parliament and has also worked in the private sector since 1997 as the executive director of two environmental companies, one in Hungary the other in Serbia. Any additional thoughts members of the list might have about how to understand the current state of environmental enforcement in Hungary, and how to improve it, can be sent to Dr. Rozs at the address above. Thanks again. Geoffrey. --Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith University of California Associate Editor/Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
Environmental Enforcement in Central Eastern Europe
The direct e-mail address for Dr. Rozs is [EMAIL PROTECTED] --Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith University of California Associate Editor/Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
RE: Bjorn Lomborg
Don, See Douglas A. Kysar, Some Realism about Environmental Skepticism: The Implications of Bjorn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist for Environmental Law and Policy, 30 ECOLOGY LAW QUARTERLY 223-278 (2003). The piece begins with an overview of and commentary on the various receptions given Lomborg's book. This will be valuable for you, but too long, I suspect, to assign to students. Geoffrey. -- Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith Emeritus Professor of Political Science University of California Associate Editor/Reviews Editor Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Munton Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:43 AM To: Jennifer Clapp; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: GEP-Ed Subject: RE: Bjorn Lomborg Thanks for this suggestion, Jennifer, and for the original question, Kevin. Now, I have a related question: can anyone suggest a really good review of the Lomborg book that one could use as the contrary view, along with this article, in a for-against pair of readings for discussion and debate? Don Munton UNBC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jennifer Clapp Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 9:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: GEP-Ed Subject: Re: Bjorn Lomborg Kevin, I use this short piece from the Economist. The students either love or hate it. Bjorn Lomborg, The Truth About the Environment, _The Economist_, Aug.4, 2001. You can easily find it on the web. Best, Jennifer Clapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, Is anyone aware of an article-length piece written by Lomborg that summarizes his case and findings? I want to address his work in my class Environmentally Sustainable Development this fall but don't want to assign the whole book. What's more, it doesn't seem fair to introduce students to his thesis through a book review, whether positive or negative. Thanks for you response Kevin Gallagher Boston University
RE: a policy intro
Dale, Nancy's suggestion is a good one, based on my own use of Layzer, although the new, second edition is a hefty tome. You'd want to be sure you really wanted to use much of it. You may find it easier to pick and choose your way, with the help of a copying machine, through Daniel McCool's Public Policy Theories, Models, and Concepts (1995), where the first chapter is especially helpful. Geoffrey. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy Quirk Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 10:22 AM To: Dale W Jamieson; 'GEP-Ed' Subject: Re: a policy intro Dale - You might find Judith Layzer's The Environmental Case: Translating Values into Policy (CQ Press 2005) useful. It contains mainly domestic policy cases, but is quite good on the policy process. Students work very well with this book's case approach to teaching. Nancy Original message Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:00:52 -0500 From: Dale W Jamieson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: a policy intro To: \'GEP-Ed\' gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu i'm looking a short book or a few chapters or articles that would provide a basic general introduction to public policy for a largely case-driven law school seminar that i teach on environmental values, policy, and the law. in particular, i want to expose the students to some alternatives to narrowly economistic models of policy-making. last year i used deborah stone's book, 'policy paradox', and i've been looking at cohen, 'undestanding environmental policy', but neither seems right. i would be grateful for any suggestions. thanks in advance, dale * Nancy Quirk Assistant Professor Department of Political Science James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807 (540) 568-6149
Global Warming Project Manager Position (Sacramento)
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The Politics of IEL
Seems like a tortuous way to get to a conclusion. However, if you'd like to see a full text copy of this, please contact me off list. GW-S. Power and Cooperation in International Environmental Law (UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 06-43, to appear in RESEARCH HANDBOOK IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW, Edward Elgar, 2007) Richard H. Steinberg, University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law ABSTRACT: This chapter examines international environmental regulation from economic, political, and legal perspectives. Section 1 introduces the economics and politics of international environmental regulation. International agreements on environmental issues are often seen as symmetric contracts among states, solving cooperation problems among states with similar interests, or facilitating side-payments from states that favor environmental regulation to states that would not otherwise support regulation. In contrast, some realist political scientists suggest that when international environmental interests vary across states, international environmental agreements often result from coercion of weaker states by more powerful ones. With this framework in mind, the bulk of this chapter examines the negotiation and substance of the world's most important international environmental agreements. Section 2 examines the main agreements related to international environmental protection of the oceans, including those concluded to protect fisheries and those intended to reduce land-based marine pollution. Section 3 examines the main agreements relating to global air pollution and climate change - the Montreal Protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) and the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol). Section 4 explores the main trade and the environment issues and agreements, including the Basel Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes (Basel Convention) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as well as environmental issues in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and European Union (EU). Section 5 concludes that most effective international environmental agreements have resulted not from symmetrical contracting alone but from negotiations that involve coercion by powerful, greener countries of weaker countries that are generally less interested in international environmental protection. In this sense, international environmental regulation is at least as much political as it is economic.
RE: Request: Recent Publications on the US and/or China in Global Environmental Politics?
The latest volume in the Environmental Governance in Asia series from Edward Elgar will also likely be of interest, partly because of its comparative focus: Gerald McBeath and Tse-Kang Leng, GOVERNANCE OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN CHINA AND TAIWAN (Edward Elgar, 2006). ISBN-10: 1843768100. The book may carry a 2007 date. It was released on December 31st. A short piece drawing from the book appears as Jerry McBeath and Jenifer Huang McBeath, Biodiversity Conservation in China: Policies and Practice, 9 JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW POLICY293-317 (2006). Geoffrey. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 4:03 PM To: Geoff Dabelko; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Request: Recent Publications on the US and/or China in Global Environmental Politics? I responded separately, but maybe the list is interested. I love this syllabus for a course once taught at Berkeley by Emily Yeh and Mark Henderson: http://spot.colorado.edu/~yehe/ChinaEnvironmentSyllabus.html Since then, there several fine books have come out, including Katherine Morton's extraordinary International Aid and China's Environment (Routledge 2005). Robert Weller's Discovering Nature: Globalization and Environmental Culture in China and Taiwan (Cambridge 2006) is also of interest, as is Joanne Bauer (ed), Forging Environmentalism (M.E. Sharpe 2006), a four-country study in which I had a minor role. Jian Yang has a nice overview article called Environmental Politics with Chinese Characteristics, published I think in an Australian Journal called Human Security (?). I have it in PDF if anyone wants it. Other names to watch for include Guobin Yang and Peter Ho. There are useful articles on: www.usembassy-china.org.cn/sandt. And try the Professional Association for China's Environment (chinaenvironment.net) for their on-line journal, Sinosphere. I hope, of course, that any syllabus will include my own Mao's War against Nature (Cambridge 2001). Judith Shapiro American University -- Original message -- From: Geoff Dabelko [EMAIL PROTECTED] David, My colleague Jennifer Turner and her China Environment Forum here at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars are a terrific resource on China including her annual journal the China Environment Series. All publications at www.wilsoncenter.org/cef See also Elizabeth Economy of the Council on Foreign Relations work - notably The River Runs Black. And list member and China environment expert Judy Shapiro from American University should weigh in. Best, Geoff **Please note my email has changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Geoffrey D. Dabelko Director Environmental Change and Security Program Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004-3027 Tel. 202 691-4178 Fax. 202 691-4184 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web http://www.wilsoncenter.org/ecsp David A. Sonnenfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2/12/2007 5:20:19 PM Dear colleagues, I will be co-teaching a graduate short-course on the U.S. and China in Global Environmental Politics, in the NL in May. The expected participants will be master's and Ph.D. students from the NL, elsewhere in Europe, and from around the world. My colleagues and I are compiling a reading list of current as well as earlier articles and books related to this topic for use in the class. ***If you have published an article or book related to this topic in the last few years, I would appreciate it if you could tell me about it.*** I would be happy to share what I learn with the list. We are interested in materials addressing both 'domestic sources' of these nations' engagement in GEP, as well as analyses and case studies of those engagements themselves. If you'd like to learn more about the course, please see the following link: http://www.sense.nl/?module=coursesfunc=displayplannedplanningid=938 Thank you very much Kind regards, David P.S. In part, this course will build on one I taught three years ago, also in the NL, on American Environmental Politics. Suggestions from this list were very helpful in teaching that course much appreciated. The earlier course is archived at: http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/aep/index.htm . --- David A. SONNENFELD, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Community and Rural Sociology Washington State University 2710 University Drive Richland, WA 99354-1671 USA tel. +1.509.372.7375 fax +1.509.372.7100 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] homepage: http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/sonn *** Research Associate, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands *** Affiliate Faculty, Sociology Department, Washington State University *** Affiliate Faculty, Asia Program, Washington State University
RE: Policymaking
Jordi, For Canada, I think the starting point would be Debora VanNijnatten Robert Boardman (eds.), CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: CONTEXT AND CASES, 2d ed. (2002). Ben Cashore (at Yale) is the author of a comparative study of U.S. and Canadian forest policy making. It seems not to be in print, but if you ask he may be able to get you a copy. Geoffrey. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jordi Diez Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:10 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Policymaking Hi all: I have a student who wants to undertake a comparative study on the strengths and weaknesses of policymaking processes in the US and Canada and their impact on environmental policy. I realize the topic is big, but at this time she essentially needs some intro texts to get started. Any references will be genuinely appreciated. Cheers, J. Jordi Díez Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Guelph Room 539, Mackinnon Building Guelph ON N1G 2W1 Tel. (519) 824-4120, Extension 58937 www.uoguelph.ca/~jdiez
RE: green and gene revolution and biofuels
There is not (yet) a great deal of solid scholarly analysis of biofuels as a global issue. You can glean an overview of what there is to choose from, however, by visiting the publications page of the bioenergy wiki. http://www.bioenergywiki.net/index.php/Publications Geoffrey. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leslie Wirpsa Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:27 PM Cc: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: green and gene revolution and biofuels Hello all, I'm teaching my food course again, and I am looking for something historical, precise and comprehensive on the Green Revolution (especially backing up claims that corporations needed to use surplus WWII bomb chemicals for profit aka fertilizers, etc) and the Gene Revolution. Beyond Vandana Shiva. This is an undergrad, non-majors course. Also, I'm looking for good solid biofuel (soy, corn, african palm oil, linseed, etc) material. I have a great deal of NGO (IATP) material from the U.S. Social Forum, but I need solid scholarly analysis for my MA course. Any gems appreciated. Best, Leslie Wirpsa Assistant Professor DePaul University International Studies Program
RE: Critique on Amory Lovins / RMI
This is a fascinating exchange and, quite apart from the critiques of Lovins it is prompting, touches on a subject that Bram correctly identifies, I believe, as one that warrants very much more careful examination. Bram refers to technological fetishism. Im not sure if thats quite the right term to use to characterize the phenomenon he wants to highlight. Im quite sure, though, that whatever allure technological magic bullets have for Lovins on the left or liberal end of the political spectrum (and that is where most observers, I think, would place him, on balance, for the reasons Matthew recollects), other magic bullets have appeal to people on the right or conservative end. In fact, in the realm of energy policy, which is highlighted by Brams comments theres a rather long history of affinity for magic technological fixes. Nuclear power fell into this category after the end of World War II, when it was touted for a time as a source of electricity for American homes and business that would be too cheap to meter. More recently, in the increasingly pressing context of transportation energy and the search for alternatives to oil, there has been a veritable parade of magic bullets ranging from electric cars to hydrogen highways to biofuels. And insofar as some of these technological fixes appear to leave intact the economic and social infrastructure of (sub)urban living, at least as we have grown to love it in California, they might very well stand accused of obfuscating, to use Brams words, wider political and social dynamics. On Brams more specific point about articles and literature, the allure of technology as a fix for air pollution problems in France and California is the subject of David Calef and Robert Goble, The allure of technology: How France and California promoted electric and hybrid vehicles to reduce urban air pollution, 40 Policy Sciences 1-34 (2007). In addition, I recommend a very careful reading of the recent University of California proposal that California adopt a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). I do not know of any other comparable attempt to tie solutions to the problem of reducing GHG emissions to technological fixes. The interesting twist in this case is that the precise nature and form of the technologies that would be developed and deployed remains, as an intrinsic element of policy design, unclear and uncertain. The market will apparently reveal them in the fullness of time. The UC LCFS report, including a technical volume and a policy analysis volume, is available for download from http://www.energy.ca.gov/low_carbon_fuel_standard/ Geoffrey. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bram Büscher Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 12:29 AM To: Matthew Paterson; willett Cc: Global Environmental Education Subject: RE: Critique on Amory Lovins / RMI Thanks for this clarification Matthew. Perhaps I was too quick in my assertion, but why I felt especially uncomfortable with the way in which Lovins presented (as such interesting) technological innovations, was that it actually obfuscates wider political and social dynamics that have time and again proven that technological progress in itself is not THE answer to environmental and/or developmental problems. In a neoliberal context where the power of being able to sell your story often seems to grant it certain legitimacy, criticizing and nuancing this seems especially important. Best, Bram -Original Message- From: Matthew Paterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 25/02/2008 03:43 To: willett; Bram Büscher Cc: Global Environmental Education Subject: Re: Critique on Amory Lovins / RMI Following what Willett says, however, is that the earlier books, I think of Soft Energy Paths in particular, were clear that the technological choices about energy were absolutely political and social. Choosing a soft energy future was also choosing a decentralised, potentially libertarian, society, while hard energy technoloies necessitated massive security apparatuses and so on. This is different to thinking through the social obstacles to the uptake of new technologies, admittedly, but at least in his earlier incarnations, there was this recognition of technology as social, before he got his free-market boosterism somewhere in the 1980s. Mat -- Matthew Paterson Professor of Political Science School of Political Studies Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 55, rue Laurier est / 55 Laurier East Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada tel: +1 613 562-5800 x1716 Fax +1 613 562-5371 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/pol/eng/index.asp From: willett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:39:59 -0500 To: Bram Büscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Global Environmental Education gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Re: Critique on Amory Lovins / RMI Two decades ago, Denton Morrison published a couple of aritlces in the
RE: location strategies ENGOs
Dear Sofie et al., In addition to Cristina's recommendation of the Michael Gunter book, which I heartily endorse, let me also recommend a book on the history of the World Conservation Union (IUCN): Martin Holdgate, The Green Web: A Union for World Conservation (Earthscan, 1999). Among other things, Holdgate discusses the considerations that went into re-locating IUCN from Brussels first to Morges and then to Gland, in Switzerland. During their history, IUCN and WWF have found it useful to co-locate. Perhaps from your perspective this will seem to be ancient history. If not, you may also want to glance at Max Nicholson, The Environmental Revolution: A Guide for the New Masters of the World (McGraw Hill, 1970), which also touches on the move from Brussels to Morges. Geoffrey. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cristina Balboa Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:14 PM To: 'Wright, Angus'; 'sofie bouteligier'; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: RE: location strategies ENGOs Here's a good one: Gunter, Michael M. 2004. Building the next ark : how NGOs work to protect biodiversity. Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College Press. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wright, Angus Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:02 PM To: sofie bouteligier; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: RE: location strategies ENGOs Activists Beyond Borders by Margaret Keck would be a good starting point. Angus Wright From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sofie bouteligier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:59 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: location strategies ENGOs Dear colleagues, Within the framework of my PhD research, I am looking for some useful texts on the major environmental NGOs (such as Greenpeace, WWF, .). More concretely, I was wondering whether anyone can recommend some literature on location strategies of these environmental NGOs? This is a rather specific topic, so texts may also refer to broader themes such as lobbying activities, ... as long as there is a link with location strategies (office network). Thank you and kind regards Sofie Bouteligier Research Group on Global Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development Institute for International and European Policy Faculty of Social Sciences University of Leuven Belgium Start een boeiend online leven...helemaal gratis! Windows Live http://get.live.com
