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This book provides authoritative and up-to-date research for anyone interested in the study of international environmental politics. It demonstrates how the field of international environmental politics has evolved and identifies key questions, topics and approaches to guide future research.

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1. General Introduction; Michele Betsill, Kathryn Hochstetler and Dimitris Stevis PART I: THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS 2. The Trajectory of International Environmental Politics; Dimitris Stevis 3. Theoretical Perspectives on International Environmental Politics; Matthew Paterson 4. Methods in International Environmental Politics; Kathryn Hochstetler and Melinda Laituri PART II: MAJOR RESEARCH AREAS 5. International Political Economy and the Environment; Jennifer Clapp 6. Gender and International Environmental Politics; Nicole Detraz 7. Knowledge and the Environment; Eva L?vbrand 8. Transnational Actors in International Environmental Politics; Michele Betsill 9. Environmental Security; Larry Swatuk 10. Global Governance and the Environment; Frank Biermann PART III: FRAMEWORKS FOR EVALUATING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS 11. The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes; Oran Young 12. Sustainable development: the institutionalization of a contested policy concept; Sander Happaerts and Hans Bruyninckx 13. Environmental and Ecological Justice; Chuks Okereke and Mark Charlesworth 14. Transparency and International Environmental Politics; Aarti Gupta and Michael Mason 15. Conclusion; Michele Betsill, Kathryn Hochstetler and Dimitris Stevis

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Frank Biermann, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Hans Bruyninckx, European Environment Agency Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo, Canada Mark Charlesworth, Keele University, UK Aarti Gupta, Wageningen University, the Netherlands Sander Happaerts, KU Leuven, Belgium Melinda Laituri, Colorado State University, USA Eva Lövbrand, Linköping University, Sweden Michael Mason, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Chukwumerije Okereke, University of Reading, UK Matthew Paterson, University of Ottawa, Canada Larry A. Swatuk, University of Waterloo, Canada Oran R. Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Nicole Detraz, The University of Memphis, USA

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