Dear All: I've been asked by a former grad advisee to forward this book announcement to the gep-ed list.
Best and Happy New Year, Ronnie Lipschutz ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brian Gareau <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:01 AM Subject: Pass on to ISA listings? To: [email protected] Hi Ronnie, Would you mind passing my book announcement on to your ISA section listserv, or other listings in political science that you are linked to? All my links are in environmental studies and sociology. Thanks, Ronnie. Brian Dear Friends and Colleagues; A new book that might be of interest. Best wishes, and happy holidays! Brian ** *From Precaution to Profit* *Contemporary Challenges to Environmental Protection in the Montreal Protocol* * * *By: Brian J. Gareau* http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300175264<https://email.bc.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=sD68qrZQVEKHA8UrJCdxbSgI5v-hrc8InSHi6nxRbbaBwGQ0mKRecF9dMBknlM4OsuzlKla1wic.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fyalepress.yale.edu%2fyupbooks%2fbook.asp%3fisbn%3d9780300175264> The Montreal Protocol has been cited as the most successful global environmental agreement, responsible for phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances. But, says Brian Gareau in this provocative and engaging book, the Montreal Protocol has failed—largely because of neoliberal ideals involving economic protectionism but also due to the protection of the legitimacy of certain forms of scientific knowledge. Gareau traces the rise of a new form of disagreement among global powers, members of the scientific community, civil society, and agro-industry groups, leaving them relatively ineffective in their efforts to push for environmental protection. - “*From Precaution to Profit* makes great strides in better understanding the intertwined issues of political economy, global environmental issues, and contested societal responses…. The documentation and readable storytelling actually puts this among the most insightful writings I’ve read on ozone politics since Richard Benedick’s 1998 *Ozone Diplomacy*.”—Max Boykoff, University of Colorado - "This extraordinary story of California strawberry growers and neo-liberalism holding the crucial Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion to ransom simply must be read by anyone concerned about the global environment."—Simon Dalby, CIGI Chair in the Political Economy of Climate Change, Balsillie School of International Affairs - "Excellent...will spur a flurry of much-needed debate and scholarship."—Michael Goldman, author of *Imperial Nature* - "If you thought that the Montreal Protocol stands as a beacon of hope for future intergovernmental cooperation to tackle environmental problems, then you need to think again. By looking beyond the early success of the Protocol, Brian Gareau shows how profit-hungry agro-foods companies have sought to place their private interests above those of the public and the non-human world. The Protocol, it turns out, has been subject to the same neoliberal mindset that has so far compromised attempts to drastically reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. If this mindset can’t be broken soon, then the environmental future looks very bleak indeed."—Noel Castree, Manchester University Brian J. Gareau, PhD Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies Department of Sociology McGuinn Hall 426 Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3807 USA -- Ronnie D. Lipschutz Provost, College 8/Professor of Politics UC Santa Cruz 1156 High St. Santa Cruz, CA 95064 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 831-459-3275/459-2543 web site: http://politics.ucsc.edu/faculty/singleton.php?&singleton=true&cruz_id=rlipsch *“All down history nine-tenths of mankind have been grinding corn for the remaining tenth and have been paid with husks and bidden to thank god they had the husks.” * ---David Lloyd George---
