| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) |
| Note |
"Institutional Dimensions of Global Environment Change, a Core Research Project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The role of relevance of international bureaucracies : setting the stage / Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhüner -- Understanding international bureaucracies : taking stock / Steffen Bauer [and others] -- Studying the influence of international bureaucracies : a conceptual framework / Frank Biermann [and others] -- The OECD environment directorate : the art of persuasion and its limitations / Per-Olof Busch -- The World Bank : making the business case for the environment / Robert Marschinski and Steffen Behrle -- The Secretariat of the International Maritime Organization : a tanker for tankers / Sabine Campe -- The Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Programme : tangled up in blue / Steffen Bauer -- The Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility : from network to bureaucracy / Lydia Andler -- The Ozone Secretariat : the good shepherd of ozone politics / Steffen Bauer -- The Climate Secretariat : making a living in a straitjacket / Per-Olof Busch -- The Biodiversity Secretariat : lean shark in troubled waters / Bernd Siebenhüner -- The Desertification Secretariat : a castle made of sand / Steffen Bauer -- The influence of international bureaucracies in world politics : findings from the MANUS research program / Frank Biermann and Bernd Siebenhüner. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
This title is an examination of the role and relevance of international bureaucracies in global environmental governance. After a discussion of theoretical context, reaserch design, and empiral methodology, the book presents nine in-depth case studies of bureaucracies. |
| Subject |
International officials and employees.
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Environmental agencies -- Officials and employees.
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Environmental policy.
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LAW -- International.
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| Added Author |
Biermann, Frank, 1967-
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Siebenhüner, Bernd.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Managers of global change. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009 9780262512367 026251236X (DLC) 2008042142 (OCoLC)262143081 |
| ISBN |
9780262258593 (electronic bk.) |
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0262258595 (electronic bk.) |
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