The Global Commons: Environmental and Technological Governance

This new and updated edition is essential for those wanting to understand the limits to collective action on global environmental problems. It develops and applies the tools of regime analysis to the question of how the various global commons are, or fail to be, governed effectively. Since the publication of the first edition of The Global Commons there have been many developments particularly in the area of climate change and sustainable development e.g. Agenda 21. This new edition has been extensively re--written and expanded to take into account recent developments and includes new conclusions on the connections between global and local commons. Involving the first systematic comparative analysis of governance regimes, the book covers: aeo The Third Law of the Sea Convention, the deep seabed, whaling and marine pollution regimes aeo Antarctica and the Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection aeo Outer space regimes for weapons, the operation of satellites and the emerging problem of orbital debris aeo The global atmosphere, the Montreal Protocol for the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer and the developing climate change regime and the Kyoto Protocol. The first edition received widespread praise eg "a comprehensive and incisive review of much relevant scholarship and case study material" (Area) and "a must for every reading list" (Progress in Human Geography) and this latest volume will also be invaluable for researchers and students of politics, environmental management, international relations and political geography.

Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition International Agreements on the Global Commons Abbreviations and Acronyms 1 The Governance of the Commons The Nature of the Commons The Global Commons The a Tragedy of the Commonsa Governance and Regimes Notes 2 Regime Analysis Issue Areas Actors Principles and Norms Decision--making Procedures Rules Regime Change Notes 3 The Oceans The Law of the Sea Whaling Marine Pollution The Deep Seabed Summary Notes 4 Antarctica The Antarctic Treaty System -- A Single Regime Principles and Norms Organization and Procedures Rules Monitoring and Enforcement Scientific Activity Summary Notes 5 Outer Space The Space Commons and Space Law Military Uses Environment and Space Debris Information Flow Orbit and Spectrum Summary Notes 6 The Atmosphere Stratospheric Ozone Climate Change Summary Notes 7 Regime Effectiveness Effectiveness as International Law Effectiveness as Transfer of Authority Effectiveness as Behaviour Modification Effectiveness as Problem Solving Regime Assessment Notes 8 Explaining Regime Incidence and Change Structural Explanations Utilitarian Explanations Plural Interests and Values Changing Cognitions -- Epistemic Communities A Synthesis? Notes 9 Conclusion Global and Local Commons Multi--layer Governance Notes References Index