Global Environmental Politics - Softcover

Porter, Gareth; Brown, Janet Welsh

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9780813310350: Global Environmental Politics

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813310350 ISBN 13: 9780813310350

Publisher: Westview Press, 1991

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Essays discuss environmental issues, interest groups, security and trade considerations, and future approaches to environmental policy

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About the Author:

Gareth Porter is a consultant to the marine program at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. He currently teaches at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at The John Hopkins University. Janet Welsh Brown was a long-time senior research associate at the World Resources Institute, former chair of the board of Friends of the Earth, and formerly the executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund. She has taught a variety of courses in international relations and environmental politics at the University of Washington in Seattle, the University of the District of Columbia, Howard University, and Sarah Lawrence College.

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"A well-seasoned text...best in its field. With more books like this, we stand a better chance of managing planet Earth." -- David Rosenberg, Middlebury College

"My textbook of choice for the clarity of writing, the breadth of its scope and the depth of its discourse." -- Adil Najam, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

"The definitive textbook in its field. Up-to-date, thorough, accurate, and consistently interesting for both students and teachers." -- Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

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