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Peter Stoett (Concordia) and I are soliciting paper proposals for two ISA panels (and for inclusion in an edited volume) on Canada-US-Mexico bilateral and trilateral environmental politics and policy. The papers should explore some dimension of how transborder environmental issues in North America are addressed institutionally. Possible themes include but are not limited to: - Non-governmental advocacy and corporate power - The role of science and technology - Technocratic management and political contestation - The evolution of bilateral and trilateral regimes - Regional state/provincial arrangements We expect the papers to fall into one of two panel themes (see titles and abstracts below): 1. Energy and pollution 2. Natural resources and biodiversity The papers will serve as a partial basis for the book Dr. Stoett and I are planning on “trilateral ecopolitics,” which will serve as a sequel of sorts to his 2006 co-edited volume with Philippe LePrestre on Canada-US “bilateral ecopolitics.” Papers should have an explicitly bilateral or trilateral (not comparative) focus. When sending your abstract, please include your institutional affiliation and position. We strongly encourage the submission of proposals from graduate students with research on the above topics who are nearing the end of their programs and have concrete findings. The ISA panel proposal deadline is June 1. Please let me know if you would like to participate by sending me a brief description well in advance of the deadline to owen (.) temby (at) mcgill (dot) ca Thanks, Owen Temby, Ph.D. (political science) Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, Concordia Here are the abstracts for the two panels: *Panel 1: The Politics of Energy and Pollution on the Canada-US and Mexico-US Borders* Abstract: This panel explores the bilateral and trilateral politics and management of energy and pollution in North America. Transboundary pollution has been on ongoing political issue between Canada, the US, and Mexico for the better part of a century. Related to this is the increasingly integrated continental system of producing and distributing energy resources and its implications for sensitive ecosystems, and the institutions that have been developed to manage the transboundary dimensions of these issues. In addition to arrangements at the federal level, several states and provinces maintain subnational bilateral programs and purchase transnational electricity. Nevertheless, energy and pollution continue to be highly salient and polarizing political problems in the relations between Canada, the US, and Mexico. What is the function of these bilateral and trilateral institutions relative to the roles of a diversity of political interests – notably, corporations, state and provincial regulatory agencies, environmental activists, and property-based interests? Exploring this topic with an explicit focus on North America provides an opportunity for participants to contribute to existing debates within the global environmental politics issue-area using a set of political relationships too often given scant attention in the scholarly literature. *Panel 2: North American Biodiversity and Trilateral Natural Resource Management* Abstract: This panel focuses on the role of NGOs and bilateral and multilateral institutions in framing and diffusing scientific information and technology for the governance of biodiversity and natural resources in North America. A sophisticated understanding of historical and current trends in the evolution of the continental science-public policy interface can contribute to the development of resolutions to environmental problems affecting Canada, the US, and Mexico. While regulatory agencies’ authority stops at political borders, resulting in occasionally politicized disputes over the management of natural resources or the prevention of biodiversity loss, numerous bilateral and multilateral agencies, task forces, and agreements are in place to share knowledge and technology, facilitate shared management and, potentially, resolve disputes when they arise. These institutions are of importance due to the specialized yet fragmented nature of the types of knowledge necessary for successful environmental governance. Furthermore, the many non-governmental stakeholders who work within these institutional frameworks both enhance and complicate this process. The relative dearth of scholarly knowledge of how they operate represents an empirical gap and hinders the generation of research exploring how they could function more effectively. We are interested in papers that examine Canada-US, Mexico-US, and trilateral efforts to conserve wildlife, protect water resources, prevent invasive species, avoid deforestation and land degradation, and related topics. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
