Posted in Lecture commentary on Feb 9th, 2011 No Comments »
I am sure you’ve come across these resources as you undertake your research for the final paper and prospectus, and for the regime analysis, but here are some resources that I think would be useful. Dr. Ronald Mitchell has a very large dataset of environmental treaties, NGOs, IGOs, etc. Professor Mitchell’s page offers detailed datasets […]
Posted in Lecture commentary on Jan 15th, 2011 6 Comments »
The past couple of weeks we have been discussing the structure of the United Nations Environment Programme (you can read some of Dr. Maria Ivanova’s recent work on global environmental governance and the UNEP). Fragmentation in global environmental politics is not surprising (at least to me). We live in a world where resource constraints and […]
Posted in Lecture commentary on Jan 4th, 2011 No Comments »
Welcome to POLI 375A, Global Environmental Politics. It’s my intention to help you familiarize yourself with both theoretical and empirical ideas around global environmental governance. What makes governments act in the way they do when making life-changing decisions in regards to protection of their national habitats, compliance with international environmental agreements, participation in global environmental […]