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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1 Introduction: Problems and Solutions in the International Political Economy of the Environment 1
5. Part 1 The Politics of Global Policymaking
6. 2 Posing Global Environmental Problems from Conservation to Sustainable Development 15
7. 3 In Search of Global Standards: The Political Economy of Trade and the Environment 39
8. 4 International Environmental Politics and the Internationalization of the State: The Cases of Climate Change and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment 63
9. 5 Environmental NGOs, TNCs, and the Question of Governance 85
10. Part 2 Policy and Politics in the South
11. 6 Tragedy for the Commons: The Enclosure and Commodification of Knowledge 111
12. 7 Global Change and the Political Economy of Sustainable Development in Brazil 135
13. 8 Development and Risk: Environmental Discourse and Danger in Dominican and Cuban Urban Watersheds 157
14. Part 3 Theoretical Challenges
15. 9 A Critical Approach to Institutional and Environmental Effectiveness: Lessons from the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution 181
16. 10 International Political Economy and the Environment: A Radical Ecological Perspective 199
17. 11 Commentary: Some Reflections on International Political Economy and the Environmental Question 217
18. 12 Commentary: The International Political Economy of the Environment and the Subpolitical Domain 227
19. 13 Conclusion: History and Purpose in the International Political Economy of the Environment 239
20. List of Acronyms 257
21. Bibliography 261
22. The Contributors 291
23. Index 295
24. About the Book 309