The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Causal Connections and Behavioral Mechanisms. Edited by Oran R. Young. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. 326p. $55.00 cloth, $25.00 paper.

2000 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 524-525
Author(s):  
Christopher C. Joyner
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Regimes ◽  
Causal Connections ◽  
Behavioral Mechanisms ◽  
International Environmental Regimes

14. The Political Economy of the Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 384-412
Author(s):  
Peter Dauvergne
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Global Political Economy ◽  
Environmental Regimes ◽  
Environmental Institutions ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
History Of ◽  
Growth Production ◽  
International Environmental Regimes

This chapter assesses the global political economy of the environment. The growth of the world economy is transforming the Earth's environment. Nothing is particularly controversial about this statement. Yet, sharp disagreements arise over the nature of this transformation. Is the globalization of capitalism a force of progress and environmental solutions? Or is it a cause of the current global environmental crisis? The chapter addresses these questions by examining the debates around some of the most contentious issues at the core of economic globalization and the environment: economic growth, production, and consumption; trade; and transnational investment. It begins with a glance at the general arguments about how the global political economy affects the global environment. The chapter then traces the history of global environmentalism — in particular, the emergence of international environmental institutions with the norm of sustainable development. It also evaluates the effectiveness of North–South environmental financing and international environmental regimes.

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