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From precaution to profit : contemporary challenges to environmental protection in the Montreal Potocol
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From precaution to profit : contemporary challenges to environmental protection in the Montreal Potocol

Author: Brian J Gareau
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Series: Yale agrarian studies series; Yale agrarian studies.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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"This book challenges the oft-cited belief that the Montreal Protocol remains an exemplary global environmental agreement. Through a sociological analysis of the political decision-making process and controversies generated at Montreal Protocol meetings, the book documents new ways global environmental governance is organized based on neoliberal ideals. The book shows how neoliberalism - as a dominant discourse and  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
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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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  Read more...
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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 Read more...

 
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