1st Edition

Russia and the West Environmental Co-operation and Conflict

By Geir Hønneland Copyright 2003
    182 Pages
    by Routledge

    182 Pages
    by Routledge

    Hønneland assesses current environmental discourses and applies this analysis to look at the relations between Russia and the West with regards to environment problems. It includes three in-depth case-studies on environmental problems, living marine resources, nuclear safety and air pollution.

    1. The Study of Environmental Discourse  2. The Environment and Institutions in the European Arctic  3. Discourses on Marine Living Resources  4. Discourses on Nuclear Safety  5. Discourses on Industrial Pollution  6. Conclusion

    Biography

    Geir Hønneland is a political scientist and Director of the Polar and Russian Programme at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. He has published widely on the management of natural resources and the environment in the European Arctic.

    '…well written and easy to read… suitable as a teaching aid' - Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 56, No. 5, 2004

    '… a sophisticated meta-study' - Nordisk Østforum – Nordic Journal of Russian and East European Studies, Vol. 18. No. 2, 2004