1st Edition

The Greening of Machiavelli The Evolution of International Environmental Politics

By Tony Brenton Copyright 1994
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1994. Environmental issues present a daunting challenge to the international system. The destruction of the tropical rainforest, the Chernobyl explosion and the ozone layer ‘hole’ all underline the transnational nature of environmental threats and the need for states to act together in order to tackle them. How have such environmental issues entered political agendas in... Read more

Acknowledgements;  Preface;  Summary and Conclusions;  1. Introduction  2. The Birth of Environmentalism  3. The Stockholm Conference  4. From Stockholm to Rio: Domestic Developments  5. From Stockholm to Rio: International Developments  6. The Road to Rio  7. Climate Change  8. Biodiversity  9. UNCED: The Preparations  10. UNCED: The Conference  11. The Future;  Index;  Tables;  Figures

Biography

Tony Brenton