Greening the globe, world society and environmental change, Ann Hironaka
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Greening the globe, world society and environmental change, Ann Hironaka
Language
eng
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Greening the globe
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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891590167
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Ann Hironaka
Series statement
Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Sub title
world society and environmental change
Summary
Recent decades have seen a rapid expansion of environmental activity in the world, including the signing of a growing number of environmental treaties and the formation of international organizations like the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Greening the Globe employs world society theory (aka world polity theory or sociological institutionalism) to explore the origins and consequences of international efforts to address environmental problems. Existing scholarship seems paradoxical: case studies frequently criticize treaties and regulatory structures as weak and ineffective, yet statistical studies find improvements in environmental conditions. This book addresses this paradox by articulating a bee-swarm model of social change. International institutions rarely command the power or resources to directly impose social change. Nevertheless, they have recourse via indirect mechanisms: setting agendas, empowering various pro-environmental agents, and propagating new cultural meanings and norms. As a result, world society generates social change even if formal institutional mechanisms and sanctions are weak.--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
1. World society and social change -- 2. The origins of the global environmental regime -- 3. Institutional structure -- 4. Agents -- 5. Cultural meaning -- 6. The limits of international institutions -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix: the tangible effects of international environmental institutions
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