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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Brian J Gareau |
| ISBN: | 9780300175264 0300175264 |
| OCLC Number: | 785865147 |
| Description: | xix, 362 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: When agriculture meets the ozone layer -- From public to private global environmental governance : a brief history -- A critical review of the successful CFC phaseout versus the delayed MeBr phaseout in the Montreal Protocol -- Social capital and the vertical integration of power -- Tensions among nation-states -- The coproduction of science/knowledge and politics -- The limited influence of global civil society -- Conclusion: Is a better future for global environmental governance possible? |
| Series Title: | Yale agrarian studies series; Yale agrarian studies. |
| Responsibility: | Brian J. Gareau. |
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Abstract:
The Montreal Protocol has been cited as the most successful global environmental agreement, responsible for phasing out the use of ozone-depleting substances. In this book, the author states that the Montreal Protocol has failed.
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"This extraordinary story of California strawberry growers and neo-liberalism holding the crucial Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion to ransom simply must be read by anyone concerned about the global environment."--Simon Dalby, CIGI Chair in the Political Economy of Climate Change, Balsillie School of International Affairs Read more...
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- Ozone-depleting substances -- Government policy.
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- NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Treaties.