Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-03 Thread Raul Pacheco
Henrik, I remember that Peter Newell's PhD dissertation and subsequent book as well as Michele Betsill's PhD dissertation do examine those issues. I somehow managed to lose my EndNote bibliography so I don't have the references, but I am sure you can ask them (think they are on the GEP ED lists

Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-03 Thread David Levy
here are some relevant refs: Hello all, > > Can anyone recommend shorter texts (articles, book chapters etc) that > examine the roles of NGOs specifically with respect to climate change > science and policy making, to be used in class? > > Thanks, > Henrik S. Betsill, M. M. 2001. M

Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-04 Thread Sabine Campe
another recent one: Lars H. Grundbrandsen and Steinar Andresen: NGO Influence in the Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol: Compliance, Flexibility Mechanisms, and Sinks. Global Environmental Politics 4:4, Nov 2004, 54-75. Best, Sabine Henrik Selin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 04.01.2005 05

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-04 Thread Neil E Harrison
Henrik: As the title suggests, the book I co-edited with Gary Bryner last year ("Science and Politics in the International Environment," Rowman and Littlefield, 2004) looked specifically at the relationship between science and policy making in international environmental issues. One of our conclu

Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-05 Thread Raul Pacheco
re have a much more active and influential role. Just a thought... Raul - Original Message - From: "Neil E Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Henrik Selin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:26 AM Subject: RE: NGOs and climate change scien

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-05 Thread harrisc
for interesting work on the "anti" side, i would suggest the work of aaron mccright . . . McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2003. "Defeating Kyoto: The Conservative Movement's Impact on U.S. Climate Change Policy." Social Problems 50(3): 348-373. McCright, Aaron M., and Riley E. Dunlap.

Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-05 Thread Cristina M Balboa
L PROTECTED]> To: "Henrik Selin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:26 AM Subject: RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Henrik: As the title suggests, the book I co-edited with Gary Bryner last year ("Science and Politics in the International

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-06 Thread Leonard Hirsch
Neil: From working within the science and policy beast, I think there is a real difference between NGO influence on SCIENCE and on POLICY. The former is nuanced, but generally negative (NGOs are more harmful/problematic to science then helpful, supportive only when it supports them, and then gen

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-06 Thread Wil Burns
Title: RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Leonard,   I have to say that I find this broad-brush indictment of NGOs’ role in scientific research to be rather unfair. For example, I work closely with ACCOBAMS, one of the regional whaling regimes under the Convention on

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-06 Thread Leonard Hirsch
2005 1:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Neil: From working within the science and policy beast, I think there is a real difference between NGO influence on SCIENCE and on POLICY. T

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-06 Thread Wil Burns
legheny.edu Subject: RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Will and others, I was trying (clearly not successful) at not being broad-brush--to quote myself: " The former is nuanced, but generally negative (NGOs are more harmful/problematic to science then helpful, supporti

Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-06 Thread Raul Pacheco
Message - From: "Wil Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Leonard Hirsch'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 5:51 AM Subject: RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Leonard, I guess I wouldn't even concede that general

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-06 Thread Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raul Pacheco Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 7:45 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making To add to the broad discussion, the transnational ENGOs that I've studied (those whose work is directly rel

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-07 Thread Pam Chasek
Title: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Hi everyone!   I’ve followed this discussion with interest. I know that Michele Betsill and Elisabeth Corell have been working on this very issue http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/PoliSci/fac/mb/NGO%20Influence.pdf in environmental neg

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-07 Thread Wil Burns
Title: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Very interesting analysis, Neil, I particularly agree with your observation that NGOs may prove more effective on issues that are less, as Steinar Andresen would term it , “malignant.” I’d also suggest that “victories” e.g. incorporat

Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-07 Thread Raul Pacheco
Neil, Pam, Wil and others who've responded recently... I found Neil's viewpoint very interesting and quite a thoughtful response... I confess that some points made me raise my eyebrow, but in general, I seem to agree with Neil. I agree with Pam... Betsill and Corell have looked at NGO influence

RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-13 Thread Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith
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 haven’t seen it (even though it deals with the Ottawa Convention, rather than the UNFCCC).  I can provide a full pd

Re: NGOs and climate change science and policy making

2005-01-13 Thread phaas
the influence of NGOs/civil society on global governance. - Original Message - From: Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:31 PM Subject: RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making One