Environmentalism and Global International Society

Explains how environmentalism became a fundamental norm in international relations and explores the impact of the greening of international society.

List of contents

1. Introduction: The Greening of Global International Society; Part I. Theory: 2. English School Theory and Global Environmental Politics; 3. The Idea of Environmentalism; Part II. History: 4. The Origins of Global Environmentalism; 5. The Emergence of Environmental Stewardship as a Primary Institution; 6. The Globalisation of Environmental Stewardship; 7. Environmental Stewardship between Consolidation and Contestation; Part III. Analytical Perspectives: 8. Solidarist Ambition; 9. Pluralist Constraints; 10. World Society to the Rescue?; Part IV. Conclusions: 11. Conclusions: International Relations in the Anthropocene.

About the author

Robert Falkner is an Associate Professor of International Relations and the Research Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has published widely on global environmental politics and international political economy, including The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy (2016) and Business Power and Conflict in International Environmental Politics (2008).

Product details

• Authors: Robert Falkner, Robert (London School of Economics and Po Falkner, Falkner Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781108964012
• ISBN: 978-1-108-96401-2
• No. of pages: 374
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, International institutions, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations