American Foreign Environmental Policy and the Power of the State (Hardcover, New)

In an increasingly interdependent world, marked by growing numbers of non-governmental organizations and international institutions, American Foreign Environmental Policy presents a powerful argument for the continued relevance of the state to our understanding of international relations. Drawing on detailed primary research, the author examines the key role central state officials have played in formulating American foreign environmental policy, and concludes that claims for the diminishing domestic-international divide, and the erosion of state sovereignty are overstated. Nonetheless, in arguing forcefully that the focus for explanation should lie with politics inside the institutions of state, Hopgood rejects Realist, Pluralist, and Marxist accounts of foreign-policy making. His state-centric focus allows for domestic and international factors to play a role at the same time as stressing that, in foreign environmental politics at least, the state remains the dominant policy-making institution. This pathbreaking study represents a major contribution to International Relations theory, whilst at the same time, offering a wealth of fascinating, original, empirical research which will be of interest to all those working in the field of environmental studies.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1998
First published:	April 1998
Authors:	Stephen Hopgood (Lecturer in International Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies)
Dimensions:	226 x 145 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-829259-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-829259-7
Barcode:	9780198292593

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