AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
![]() |
Home |  Store List |  FAQ |  Contact Us |   | ||
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
![]() |
Title: Global Governance: Drawing Insights from the Environmental Experience (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by Oran R. Young ISBN: 0-262-74020-6 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 21 November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: Thought Provoking
Comment: Something new is going on in the world today. The citizens of planet Earth are trying to solve -- or at least manage -- our common problems of a global nature. And, we're trying to do it without creating a centralized world government. The result is a hodge-podge of treaties, accords, regulations, and inter-governmental organizations that (almost) defy description.
This book takes a look at the international environmental regimes in this mix, and it tries to make sense of them. In the process, the reader can ponder a number of intriguing questions. Like, how is our notion of "national sovereignty" changing as the world becomes smaller? What is "governance without government?" What is the role of global civil society in the creation of international regimes? And, is it possible to measure the effectiveness of the various regimes?
In the end, the author and his contributors raise more questions than they answer, but that's to be expected. It just shows how much we have to learn about managing our world in a cooperative fashion.
As the title suggests, this books is primarily about governance and world order. Don't buy it if you're looking for a description of ecosystems and the natural environment.
But, if you want to learn about how nations, NGO's, and other actors are responding to environmental threats -- and if you don't mind wading through the academic prose -- this could be a good book to put in your shopping cart.
![]() |
Title: Whose Water Is It?: The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World by Bernadette McDonald, Douglas Jehl ISBN: 0792262387 Publisher: National Geographic Society Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
![]() |
Title: From Motherhood to Citizenship: Women's Rights and International Organizations by Nitza Berkovitch ISBN: 0801871026 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
![]() |
Title: Governance in a Globalizing World by Joseph S. Nye, John D. Donahue ISBN: 0815764073 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
![]() |
Title: Global Civil Society? (Contemporary Political Theory) by John Keane ISBN: 052189462X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
![]() |
Title: America and the World: Debating the New Shape of International Politics by James F. Hoge Jr., Gideon Rose, James F. Hoge Jr. ISBN: 0876093152 Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments