Governing the Global Environment: (12 The Globalization of the World Economy series)

The governance of the global environment is one of the major policy issues of the new century. Global environmental problems are increasingly important because of their impact on industrial activities, infrastructures, ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity and human health. These problems can be managed and solved only through international co-operation, policy co-ordination, voluntary, widespread and equitable participation in the decision making process.This authoritative new collection analyses these issues from several different viewpoints. Political scientists, economists and lawyers provide ideas and analytical frameworks to deal with global environmental problems. Applications to climate changes, biodiversity, acid rains and ozone layer depletion are also discussed, thus providing inputs to both academic researchers and policymakers.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Global Governance for Sustainable Development Carlo Carraro PART I GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS 1. Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg and Marc A. Stern (1999), ‘Defining Global Public Goods’ 2. Jean Hampton (1987), ‘Free-Rider Problems in the Production of Collective Goods’ 3. Duncan Snidal (1985), ‘Coordination versus Prisoners’ Dilemma: Implications for International Cooperation and Regimes’ 4. Robert D. Putnam (1988), ‘Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-level Games’ 5. Todd Sandler (1999), ‘Intergenerational Public Goods: Strategies, Efficiency and Institutions’ 6. Scott Barrett (2001), ‘International Cooperation for Sale’ PART II ENVIRONMENTAL GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 7. Jonathan Baert Wiener (1999), ‘On the Political Economy of Global Environmental Regulation’ 8. Scott Barrett (1994), ‘Self-enforcing International Environmental Agreements’ 9. Carlo Carraro and Domenico Siniscalco (1993), ‘Strategies for the International Protection of the Environment’ 10. Geoffrey Heal (1994), ‘Formation of International Environmental Agreements’ 11. Todd Sandler and Keith Sargent (1995), ‘Management of Transnational Commons: Coordination, Publicness, and Treaty Formation’ 12. Michael Hoel and Kerstin Schneider (1997), ‘Incentives to Participate in an International Environmental Agreement’ 13. Scott Barrett (1997), ‘Towards a Theory of International Environmental Cooperation’ 14. Henry Tulkens (1998), ‘Cooperation Versus Free-riding in International Environmental Affairs: Two Approaches’ 15. Carlo Carraro and Domenico Siniscalco (2001), ‘Transfers, Commitments, and Issue Linkage in International Environmental Negotiations’ 16. Eric Neumayer (2001), ‘How Regime Theory and the Economic Theory of International Environmental Cooperation Can Learn from Each Other’ PART III APPLICATIONS TO GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS A Climate Change 17. Michael Hoel (1994), ‘Efficient Climate Policy in the Presence of Free Riders’ 18. Richard B. Stewart and Jonathan B. Wiener (2001), ‘Reconstructing Climate Policy: The Paths Ahead’ 19. Carlo Carraro (2002), ‘Climate Change Policy: Models, Controversies and Strategies’ B Ozone Layer 20. Winfried Lang (1991), ‘Is the Ozone Depletion Regime a Model for an Emerging Regime on Global Warming?’ 21. Scott Barrett (1999), ‘Montreal versus Kyoto: International Cooperation and the Global Environment’ C Biodiversity 22. Scott Barrett (1994), ‘The Biodiversity Supergame’ 23. Edward B. Barbier (2000), ‘Biodiversity, Trade and International Agreements’ D Acid Rain 24. Karl-Göran Mäler (1989), ‘The Acid Rain Game’ 25. Veijo Kaitala, Karl-Göran Mäler and Henry Tulkens (1995), ‘The Acid Rain Game as a Resource Allocation Process with an Application to the International Cooperation among Finland, Russia and Estonia’ PART IV TOOLS 26. Sang-Seung Yi (1997), ‘Stable Coalition Structures with Externalities’ 27. Francis Bloch (1997), ‘Non-cooperative Models of Coalition Formation in Games with Spillovers’ 28. Carlo Carraro (1997), ‘Modelling International Policy Games: Lessons from European Monetary Coordination’ Name Index

About the Author :
Edited by Carlo Carraro, President, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) and President Emeritus, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy

Review :
'. . . purchase would be advisable, simply because of the massive convenience of all the essays being thematically gathered and bound within the same covers. . . the book covers the full range from the discursive to the mathematical in its use of the technical tools of game and rational choice theory. But everyone with an interest will find something to suit them, whether they are mathematically inclined or not.' 'Carlo Carraro has assembled a splendid set of papers by leading economists that address a key issue of our era: global governance with particular attention to environmental concerns. The depth and coverage of this volume will make it an invaluable source for us all.'