Neil & company.
You also might want to take a look at Ron
Mitchell’s chapter on International Environment for Risse et al.’s
Handbook of International Relations.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~rmitchel/resume/2002-HandbookofIR.pdf
Frank
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Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005
10:29 AM
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Subject: Re: Theory in
International Environmental Politics
Neil, Maria, Pam, others,
I did some work on these issues (IR theory and international environmental
politics/change) in my dissertation a good number of years back (1997), and
this might be of interest to some of you.
In particular, I adapted a "structural realist" framework developed
by Buzan, Jones, and Little in The Logic of
Anarchy and applied this framework to a case study (on Brazil and
politics/policy surrounding the Amazon).
You can find chapters of this online at: http://www.brazilink.org/environment_domask.asp
Chapters 2 and 3 are most pertinent to this discussion. I haven't done
much with this framework or theoretical inquires about IR since then, but I
think much of what I wrote in 97 still applies.
Best,
Joe
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Joseph Domask, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Academic Director
International Environment & Development
Washington
Semester Program
American University
Washington, DC
tel. 202-895-4927
http://www.iedonline.net
On 11/27/05, Neil E
Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Maria:
The paucity of responses to my request for sources of work on a general
theory in international environmental politics, to my mind speaks
volumes about the immaturity and incoherence of the (sub-)field. I
received two responses in addition to yours, one from Kate O'Neill and
one from Pan Chasek (Pam did not yet answer the question in my response
to her), both of which I think went to the whole list. For those who may
have missed them, I summarize their suggestions here.
Kate O'Neill is working on a manuscript on this topic and suggested
three principal sources of discussion on this theory in IEP:
Vogler, J. and M. F. Imber, Eds. (1996). The Environment and
International Relations. London,
Routledge.
Redclift, M. and T. Benton,
Eds. (1994). Social Theory and the Global
Environment. London,
Routledge.
Paterson, M.
(2001). Understanding Global Environmental Politics:
Domination, Accumulation, Resistance. Basingstoke,
Palgrave.
Pam suggested the 4th edition of "Global Environmental Politics" and
Regina S.
Axelrod, David L. Downie and Norman J. Vig, "The Global
Environment: Institutions, Law and Policy," 2nd Ed.
You have suggested "Paths to a Green World" by Dauvergne and Clapp.
Many other texts may have something to contribute like Eric Laferriere
and Peter Stoett, "International Relations Theory and Ecological
Thought: Towards a Synthesis" and even Ronnie Lipschutz "Global
Environmental Politics: Power, Perspectives, and Practice" but I see a
huge need for some theory building to guide the where and how we dig for
knowledge on international environmental politics. I have a chapter in
Eric Laferriere and Peter Stoett (eds), "Nature and International
Relations: Theory and Applications" (forthcoming from UBC Press) that
sketches one way to approach a general theory of IEP and other chapters
talk to the matter.
With respect to your comment that you have to go to the IR literature to
deduce theories of success or failure in international environmental
politics, I think that you cannot get there from here. In my view,
orthodox IR theories are generally inapplicable to the subject matter of
IEP. I and several colleagues argue in "Complexity in World Politics"
(in press at SUNY) that common IR theories are inappropriate to the
study of world politics.
Thanks for your interest. It seems to me that there is a need for a
collective effort among the small number of us who may be interested in
developing a general theory (from ontology to method) of IEP,
Cheers,
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Maria Ivanova [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:54 AM
To: Neil E Harrison
Subject: RE: Theory in International Environmental Politics
Dear Neil,
I wanted to follow up on your earlier email and suggest Paths to a Green
World by Dauvergne and Clapp. It concentrates more on the political
economic
aspect - trade and environment, investment and environment, etc - but
could
be a good tool. Pam Chasek's book also covers some theoretical ground
and I
would be intersted in knowing how she replied to your question regarding
the
existence of a coherent theory statement.
I am myself working on identifying the key theories explaining success
and
failure in global environmental governance but with little success.
Mostly,
I have to deduce from the IR literature. If you have any suggestions, I
would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you very much,
maria
Maria Ivanova
Department of Government
The College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Phone: +1-757-221-2039
Mobile:
+1-203-606-4640
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Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wm.edu/government
Director, Global Environmental Governance
Project
Yale Center
for Environmental Law & Policy
New Haven, CT 06511
http://www.yale.edu/gegproject
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Behalf Of Neil E
Harrison
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 12:34 PM
To: Pam Chasek
Cc: Geped list (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Theory in International Environmental Politics
Pam:
Thanks for your input; you are the first.
When you say that the 4th edition "tries to cover this more than the
earlier
editions" are you suggesting that there are no explicit coherent
statements
of theory to report or synthesize or that you and your colleagues did
not
have the space to do this (I have not yet seen this forthcoming book)?
Cheers,
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Pam Chasek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005
8:32 AM
To: Neil E Harrison
Subject: RE: Theory in
International Environmental Politics
Dear Neil:
Did anyone ever respond to your
e-mail? The 4th edition of
Global
Environmental Politics (forthcoming from Westview Press in December)
tries
to cover this more than the earlier editions did. I also think that
David
Downie has covered some of this in Regina S. Axelrod, David L. Downie
and
Norman J. Vig, The Global Environment: Institutions, Law and Policy, 2nd
Ed.
(Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2004)
Pam
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Pamela Chasek, Ph.D.
Director, International Studies
Assistant Professor, Government
Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY 10471 USA
tel: +1-718-862-7248
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Neil E
Harrison
Sent: Thursday, November 03,
2005 12:50 PM
To: Geped list (E-mail)
Subject: Theory in
International Environmental Politics
Gepeders:
The recent discussion of
bibliographic entries for an
Encyclopedia
of Green Movements made me think about the ideas that drive gathering of
empirical data. I usually have taught the International Environmental
Politics class inductively, from case studies with encouragement to the
students to think theoretically in drawing generalized conclusions from
multiple cases. This latter part of the process is entertaining but not
always very fruitful even with my prompting. Perhaps they need some
examples
of 'meta-theory' in the issue area to chew on much as students in a
security
course would be fed realism. Do you have any suggestions for a good
statement or survey of directly relevant meta-theory for students of
international environmental politics to digest?
Cheers,
Neil Harrison
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