Environmental and Nuclear Networks in the Global South - How Skills Shape International Cooperation

The first comprehensive study to explain the workings of transgovernmental environmental and nuclear cooperation across the so-called 'Global South'.

List of contents

1. Why do bureaucrats cooperate? International inter-agency networks in the Global South; 2. Bureaucrats across borders; 3. Skill formation, economic crisis, and expert networks in the nuclear sectors of Argentina and Brazil; 4. International inter-agency cooperation in nuclear energy, science, and technology (NEST); 5. Explaining international inter-agency cooperation in nuclear energy, science, and technology (NEST); 6. International inter-agency cooperation in the protection of the global environment; 7. Explaining international inter-agency cooperation in the protection of the environment; 8. After austerity; 9. Conclusion: the hidden costs of low skills.

About the author

Isabella Alcañiz is Assistant Professor and the Harrison Distinguished Professor in Environmental Politics at the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park. Professor Alcañiz grew up in South America and has carried out extensive field research in Latin America and Africa. She has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Houston, and universities in Argentina and Europe. Her research is published in World Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, the Latin American Research Review, Latin American Perspectives, and Environmental Science and Policy. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University, Illinois.

Summary

For decades, expert bureaucrats have been moving regularly across borders, from their home institutions to international organizations, and forging collaborative networks with peers. Using an extensive empirical study from across over 150 developing countries, this is a key contribution in explaining international cooperation among elite bureaucrats in developing states.

Product details

• Authors: Isabella Alcaniz, Isabella Alcañiz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2016
• EAN: 9781107150119
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15011-9
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Developing Countries, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, Central / national / federal government policies, Environmental policy & protocols, Central government policies, Environmental policy and protocols, Global South / Developing countries