Gerry Nagtzaam contends that in recent decades neoliberal
institutionalist scholarship on global environmental regimes has
burgeoned, as has constructivist scholarship on the key role played
by norms in international politics. In this innovative volume, the
author sets these interest- and norm-based approaches against each
other in order to test their ability to illustrate why and how
different environmental norms take hold in some regimes and not
others. The book explores why some global environmental treaties
seek to preserve and protect some parts of nature from human
utilization, some seek to conserve certain parts of nature for
human development, whilst others allow the reckless exploitation of
nature without accounting for the consequences. It tracks the fate
of these three underlying environmental norms - preservation,
conservation and exploitation - using case studies on whaling,
mining in Antarctica and tropical timber. The book illustrates how
international political battles to shape environmental regimes
inevitably result in clashes between these competing environmental
norms. This unique study will prove a fascinating read for both
academics and practitioners in the fields of international
environmental politics and international environmental law.
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