University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: governing the international environment / Regina S. Axelrod, Stacy D. VanDeveer and Norman J. Vig -- Part I. International environmental institutions and regimes. Global institutions and the environment : an evolutionary perspective / Marvin S. Soroos ; Environmental protection in the twenty-first century : the role of international law / Jacqueline Peel ; Global environmental policy : governance through regimes / David Leonard Downie ; The role of environmental NGOs in international regimes / John McCormick -- Part II. Global environmental policy: cases and questions. International climate change policy : toward the multilevel governance of global warming / Michele M. Betsill ; Global politics and policy of hazardous chemicals / Henrik Selin ; Economic integration and environmental protection / Daniel C. Esty ; Compliance with global environmental policy / Michael G. Faure and J�urgen Lefevere -- Part III. Implementing global policy: cases and controversies in sustainable development. The United States and global environmental politics : domestic sources of U.S. unilateralism / Elizabeth R. DeSombre ; Environmental policy-making in the European Union / Regina S. Axelrod, Miranda A. Schreurs, and Norman J. Vig ; The view from the south : developing countries in global environmental politics / Adil Najam ; Energy and environment in China : achievements and enduring challenges / Joanna I. Lewis and Kelly Sims Gallagher ; Democracy and nuclear power : the Czech case and the global nuclear renaissance / Regina S. Axelrod ; Consumption, commodity chains, and the global environment / Stacy D. VanDeveer.