Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables, figures and boxes
- Contributors
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Guide to online instructor resources
- Introduction: The origins and changing agendas of international relations
- Part 1 Theories of International Relations
- Part 2 International history
- Part 3 The traditional agenda: States, wars and law
- Part 4 The new agenda: Globalisation and global challenges
- Chapter 20 Non-state actors: A sociology of International Relations?
- Chapter 21 Religion and secularism
- Chapter 22 Global economic institutions
- Chapter 23 Global trade and finance
- Chapter 24 Global poverty, inequality and development
- Chapter 25 Globalisation and its critics
- Chapter 26 Terrorism
- Chapter 27 The international politics of cyberspace
- Chapter 28 The changing character of warfare
- Chapter 29 Post-conflict state-building
- Chapter 30 Humanitarianism and armed intervention
- Chapter 31 Human rights
- Chapter 32 Global public health
- Chapter 33 Migration and refugees
- Chapter 34 Global environmental politics
- Chapter 35 Climate change
- Chapter 36 The futures of International Relations
- References
- Index
- Figure and text acknowledgements
Chapter 34 - Global environmental politics
from Part 4 - The new agenda: Globalisation and global challenges
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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables, figures and boxes
- Contributors
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Guide to online instructor resources
- Introduction: The origins and changing agendas of international relations
- Part 1 Theories of International Relations
- Part 2 International history
- Part 3 The traditional agenda: States, wars and law
- Part 4 The new agenda: Globalisation and global challenges
- Chapter 20 Non-state actors: A sociology of International Relations?
- Chapter 21 Religion and secularism
- Chapter 22 Global economic institutions
- Chapter 23 Global trade and finance
- Chapter 24 Global poverty, inequality and development
- Chapter 25 Globalisation and its critics
- Chapter 26 Terrorism
- Chapter 27 The international politics of cyberspace
- Chapter 28 The changing character of warfare
- Chapter 29 Post-conflict state-building
- Chapter 30 Humanitarianism and armed intervention
- Chapter 31 Human rights
- Chapter 32 Global public health
- Chapter 33 Migration and refugees
- Chapter 34 Global environmental politics
- Chapter 35 Climate change
- Chapter 36 The futures of International Relations
- References
- Index
- Figure and text acknowledgements
Summary
This chapter tracks the emergence and acceleration of global environmental problems since the end of World War II and delineates the field of global environmental politics. It also introduces the proposed new geological epoch called ‘the Anthropocene’ and the concept of planetary boundaries along with the key global environmental discourses of limits to growth/degrowth, sustainable development/green growth, ecological security and environmental justice. The chapter then examines how scholars working in the major theoretical traditions of International Relations – realism, liberalism, Critical Theory, constructivism and English School theory – have approached global environmental challenges. The conclusion reflects on the pivotal roles of the United States and China in tackling global warming.
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- An Introduction to International Relations , pp. 453 - 465Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024