Research Catalog

Title

The global commons : environmental and technological governance / John Vogler.

Author

Vogler, John.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex, England ; New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c2000.

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Description

xxiv, 247 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

• "The global commons - the oceans, Antarctica, outer space and the atmosphere - are critical to the survival of human kind. Yet, they are, by definition, beyond the control of any government. How, then, can the governments of some 180 or more sovereign states co-operate effectively to protect and sustain the often fragile environment of the commons? This book develops and applies the tools of regime analysis to the question of how the various global commons are, or fail to be, governed effectively."
• "The new edition has been extensively re-written and expanded to take into account recent developments and includes a new conclusion on the connections between global and local commons. Involving the first systematic comparative analysis of governance regimes The Global Commons covers The Third Law of the Sea Convention, the deep seabed, whaling and marine pollution regimes; Antarctica and the Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection; outer space regimes for weapons, the operation of satellites and the emerging problem of orbital debris; and the global atmosphere, the Montreal Protocol for the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer and the developing climate change regime and the Kyoto Protocol."--Jacket.

Subject

• Commons
• Environmental law, International
• Global commons
• International cooperation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-238) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Governance of the Commons -- Regime Analysis -- The Oceans -- Antarctica -- Outer Space -- The Atmosphere -- Regime Effectiveness -- Explaining Regime Incidence and Change -- Global and Local Commons -- Multi-layer Governance.

ISBN

• 047198826X
• 0471985740 (pbk.: acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^99087058^

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