This volume examines the environmental issues currently under debate in the international arena. The text approaches the topic at a conceptual level, and from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. It analyses the roles of key players in environmental policy, the nation state, non-governmental organizations and the business community. It continues with an examination of the importance of international relations (trade, east, west, north, south), and goes on to consider the prospects for sustainable development and social changes required for sustainable development to become a reality.

The three volumes of Environmental Policy in an International Context have been developed by the Dutch and UK Open Universities as part of the International Environmental Series. They accompany a workbook and six videos. The first volume takes a critical and analytical look at contemporary environmental issues built around the key questions - what are international and environmental problems; and why have they become important politically? These questions are examined from a variety of viewpoints - science, sociology, politics, law and economics. A multi-disciplinary approach is emphasised and it shows how both technical and scientific solutions need to be sought alongside

This second and fully revised edition brings together some of the most influential work on the theory and practice of contemporary EU environmental policy. Comprising five comprehensive parts, it includes in-depth case studies of contemporary policy issues such as climate change, genetically modified organisms and trans-Atlantic relations, as well as an assessment of how well the EU is responding to new challenges such as enlargement, environmental policy integration and sustainability. The book's aim is to look forward and ask whether the EU is prepared or even able to respond to the 'new' governance challenges posed by the perceived need to use 'new' policy instruments and processes to 'mainstream' environmental thinking in all EU policy sectors.

The three volumes of Environmental Policy in an International Context have been developed by the Dutch and UK Open Universities as part of the International Environmental Series. They accompany a workbook and six videos. The first volume takes a critical and analytical look at contemporary environmental issues built around the key questions - what are international and environmental problems; and why have they become important politically? These questions are examined from a variety of viewpoints - science, sociology, politics, law and economics. A multi-disciplinary approach is emphasised and it shows how both technical and scientific solutions need to be sought alongside.

The 3 volumes of Environmental Policy in an International Context take a critical and analytical look at contemporary environmental issues.

International Environmental Studies Series The three volumes of Environmental Policy in an International Context have been developed by the Dutch and British Open Universities. In this, the third volume, the authors investigate the opportunities for change in environmental policy-making at a global level. The book begins with an analysis of the roles of the key players in environmental policy: the nation state, NGOs and the business community. It continues with an examination of the importance of international relations (trade, East, West, North-South), goes on to consider the constraints on policy-making and implementation and concludes with an analysis of the social changes required for sustainable development to become a reality. With its companion volumes, this book will prove invaluable to all those studying environmental issues. Other Titles in this Series Environmental Policy in an International Context I Perspectives Edited by Pieter Glasbergen and Andrew Blowers ISBN 0 340 65261 6 / ISBN 0 470 23583 7 (in the Americas only) Environmental Policy in an International Context 2 Conflicts Edited by Peter Sloop and Andrew Blowers ISBN 0 340 65260 8 / ISBN 0 470 23584 5 (in the Americas only)