Environment and Statecraft The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making

Name: Environment and Statecraft The Strategy of Environmental Treaty-Making
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ISBN: 9780199286096

ISBN-10: 0199286094

ISBN-13: 9780199286096

Edition: 2005

Authors: Scott Barrett

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Environmental problems like global climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion can only be remedied if states cooperate with one another. But sovereign states usually care only about their own interests. So states must somehow restructure the incentives to make cooperation pay. This is what treaties are meant to do. A few treaties, such as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, succeed. Most, however, fail to alter the state behaviour appreciably. This book develops a theory that explains both the successes and the failures. In particular, the book explains when treaties are needed, why some work better than others, and how treaty design can be improved. The…

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List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/5/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface and Acknowledgments



Introduction



The North Pacific Fur Seal Treaty and the Theory of International Cooperation



Transnational Cooperation Dilemmas



Games with Multiple Equilibria



Customary Rights and Responsibilities



International Environmental Agreements



The Treaty Participation Game



The Montreal Protocol



Tipping Treaties



Compliance and the Strategy of Reciprocity



The Depth and Breadth of International Cooperation



Trade Leakage and Trade Linkage



The Side Payments Game



Summary



Global Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol


Afterword to the Paperback Edition on Global Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol


References


Index