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The book aspires to shed more light on the nexus of political and economic developments, and to contribute to better understanding of the role of variety of international organizations in sustainable development in Europe and Eurasia. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Post-Communist Economies.
List of contents
Introduction—Global environmental politics and international organizations: the Eurasian and European experience 1. Environmental commitments and rhetoric over the pandemic crisis: social media and legitimation of the AIIB, the EAEU, and the EU 2. The impact of new actors in global environmental politics: the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development meets China 3. Do social and environmental capabilities improve bank stability? Evidence from transition countries 4. Post-accession backsliding and European Union environmental policies 5. Impact of the environmental taxes on reduction of emission from transport in Latvia 6. Environmental conflict, renewable energy, or both? Public opinion on small hydropower plants in Serbia
About the author
Anastassia Obydenkova is Research Scientist at the Institute for Economic Analysis of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IAE-CSIC) and Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Spain. Her main areas of expertise are sustainable development, socio-economic and geopolitical transformations, global environmental politics, and area-focus on Eurasia and China. She is the author and editor of multiple books and articles on these topics. She was awarded research fellowships at Yale, Princeton, and Harvard Universities.
Summary
The book aspires to shed more light on the nexus of political and economic developments, and to contribute to better understanding of the role of variety of international organizations in sustainable development in Europe and Eurasia. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Post-Communist Economies.
