CIAO DATE: 09/02

The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalism

Steven Bernstein

Columbia University Press

August 2001

 

Table of Contents

Front Matter and List of Acronyms (PDF format, 9 pages, 60 kb)

Preface and Acknowledgments (PDF format, 5 pages, 36 kb)

1. Introduction (PDF format, 27 pages, 124 kb)

   • The Evolution of International Environmental Governance
   • Explaining the Evolution of Environmental Governance
   • Metatheoretical Issues

2. From Environmental Protection to Sustainable Development (PDF format, 42 pages, 184 kb)

   • Identifying Norms
   • United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE)
   • From Stockholm to Sustainable Development
   • World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED)

3. Environment, Development, and Liberal Environmentalism (PDF format, 52 pages, 232 kb)

   • From Brundtland to Rio
   • United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
   • Liberal Environmentalism After Rio
   • Conclusions

4. Epistemic Communities, Science, and International Environmental Governance (PDF format, 56 pages, 232 kb)

   • Explaining Norm Creation and Change With Epistemic Communities
   • The Role of Scientists and Scientific Ecology
   • The Influence of Scientists and Scientific Ecology
   • Conclusions

5. Economic Ideas, Social Structure, and the Evolution of International Environmental Governance (PDF format, 35 pages, 156 kb)

   • Socio-Evolution and Governance
   • Limited Success: Economic Ideas, the North-South Divide, and Ecodevelopment
   • Sustainable Development and the OECD
   • The “Fit” with Social Structure
   • UNCED Outcomes and Liberal Environmentalism
   • Conclusions

6. Conclusion (PDF format, 32 pages, 132 kb)

   • Theoretical Implications
   • Empirical and Policy Implications
   • Conclusion

Notes (PDF format, 26 pages, 148 kb)

Bibliography (PDF format, 24 pages, 164 kb)

Index (PDF format, 20 pages, 140 kb)