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The environment and international relations.
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ISBN: 9780521603126 9780521842167 9780511805974 9781139129169 1139129163 9780511479236 0511479239 9780511477713 0511477716 0511805977 0521842166 0521603129 9781139130912 1139130919 0511737491 1107195640 1283329689 1139134191 9786613329684 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge university press

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This exciting textbook introduces students to the ways in which the theories and tools of International Relations can be used to analyse and address global environmental problems. Kate O'Neill develops an historical and analytical framework for understanding global environmental issues, and identifies the main actors and their roles, allowing students to grasp the core theories and facts about global environmental governance. She examines how governments, international bodies, scientists, activists and corporations address global environmental problems including climate change, biodiversity loss, ozone depletion and trade in hazardous wastes. The book represents a new and innovative theoretical approach to this area, as well as integrating insights from different disciplines, thereby encouraging students to engage with the issues, to equip themselves with the knowledge they need, and to apply their own critical insights. This will be invaluable for students of environmental issues both from political science and environmental studies perspectives.

Waste trading among rich nations : building a new theory of environmental regulation
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ISBN: 0262150506 9780262150507 0262650525 9780262650526 Year: 2000 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press

Waste trading among rich nations
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ISBN: 0262280892 0585436428 9780262280891 0262150506 9780262150507 0262650625 0262650525 9780262650526 Year: 2000 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press

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When most people think of hazardous waste trading, they think of egregious dumping by U.S. and European firms on poor countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. But over 80 percent of the waste trade takes place between industrialized nations and is legal by domestic and international standards. In Waste Trading among Rich Nations, Kate O'Neill asks why some industrialized nations voluntarily import such wastes in the absence of pressing economic need. She focuses on Britain as an importer and Germany as an exporter and also looks at France, Australia, and Japan. According to O'Neill, most important in determining whether an industrialized democracy imports waste are two aspects of its regulatory system. The first is the structure of the regulatory process--how powers and responsibilities are allocated among different agencies and levels of government--and the structure of the hazardous waste disposal industry. The second is what O'Neill calls the "style" of environmental regulation, in particular access to the policy process and mode of implementation. Hazardous waste management is in crisis in most industrialized countries and is becoming increasingly controversial in international negotiations. O'Neill not only examines waste trading empirically but also develops a theoretical model of comparative regulation that can be used to establish links between domestic and international environmental politics.


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Waste
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ISBN: 9780745687407 9780745687391 0745687393 0745687431 0745687407 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cambridge Polity Press

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"Waste is one of the planet's last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, artisans and multinational corporations alike are finding ways to profit from waste while diverting materials from overcrowded landfills. Yet beyond these benefits, this 'new' resource still poses serious risks to human health and the environment. In this unique book, Kate O'Neill traces the emergence of the global political economy of wastes over the past two decades. She explains how the emergence of waste governance initiatives and mechanisms can help us deal with both the risks and the opportunities associated with the hundreds of millions - possibly billions - of tons of waste we generate each year"--


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Pixels and place : connecting human experience across physical and digital spaces
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ISBN: 9780692732267 Year: 2016 Publisher: United States of America Kate O'Neill

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