The Global Commons
Environmental and Technological Governance
2. Edition March 2000
272 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Die Ozeane, die Antarktis, der Weltraum und die Atmosphäre sind keiner Regierung unterstellt, aber ihr Zustand ist wichtig für Überleben der Menschheit. So erhebt sich die Frage, wie die rund 180 Staaten der Erde zusammenarbeiten können, um diese Allgemeingüter zu schützen und zu erhalten. Diese erste systematische, vergleichende Analyse der staatenlosen Regionen erfaßt gesetzliche Regelungen, die unter anderem die Ozeane, das Südpolargebiet, Müll auf Erdumlaufbahnen, die Ozonschicht und Klimaveränderungen betreffen. (03/00)
This new and updated edition is essential for those wanting tounderstand the limits to collective action on global environmentalproblems. It develops and applies the tools of regime analysis tothe question of how the various global commons are, or fail to be,governed effectively.
Since the publication of the first edition of The Global Commonsthere have been many developments particularly in the area ofclimate change and sustainable development e.g. Agenda 21. This newedition has been extensively re-written and expanded to take intoaccount recent developments and includes new conclusions on theconnections between global and local commons. Involving the firstsystematic comparative analysis of governance regimes, the bookcovers:
* The Third Law of the Sea Convention, the deep seabed, whaling andmarine pollution regimes
* Antarctica and the Madrid Protocol on EnvironmentalProtection
* Outer space regimes for weapons, the operation of satellites andthe emerging problem of orbital debris
* The global atmosphere, the Montreal Protocol for the protectionof the stratospheric ozone layer and the developing climate changeregime and the Kyoto Protocol.
The first edition received widespread praise eg "a comprehensiveand incisive review of much relevant scholarship and case studymaterial" (Area) and "a must for every reading list" (Progress inHuman Geography) and this latest volume will also be invaluable forresearchers and students of politics, environmental management,international relations and political geography.
Preface to the Second Edition
International Agreements on the Global Commons
Abbreviations and Acronyms
1 The Governance of the Commons
The Nature of the Commons
The Global Commons
The 'Tragedy of the Commons'
Governance and Regimes
Notes
2 Regime Analysis
Issue Areas
Actors
Principles and Norms
Decision-making Procedures
Rules
Regime Change
Notes
3 The Oceans
The Law of the Sea
Whaling
Marine Pollution
The Deep Seabed
Summary
Notes
4 Antarctica
The Antarctic Treaty System -
A Single Regime
Principles and Norms
Organization and Procedures
Rules
Monitoring and Enforcement
Scientific Activity
Summary
Notes
5 Outer Space
The Space Commons and Space Law
Military Uses
Environment and Space Debris
Information Flow
Orbit and Spectrum
Summary
Notes
6 The Atmosphere
Stratospheric Ozone
Climate Change
Summary
Notes
7 Regime Effectiveness
Effectiveness as International Law
Effectiveness as Transfer of Authority
Effectiveness as Behaviour Modification
Effectiveness as Problem Solving
Regime Assessment
Notes
8 Explaining Regime Incidence and Change
Structural Explanations
Utilitarian Explanations
Plural Interests and Values
Changing Cognitions -
Epistemic Communities
A Synthesis?
Notes
9 Conclusion
Global and Local Commons
Multi-layer Governance
Notes
References
Index
