Conflicts in Environmental Regulation and the Internationalisation of the State: Contested Terrains

by Ulrich Brand, Christoph Gorg, Joachim Hirsch

Book Overview

This book examines the global regulation of biodiversity politics through the UN UNConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the WTO and other international treaties. Using historical-materialist state and regulation theory, it assesses how the discourse and politics of sustainable development have contributed to the internationalisation of the state.

The authors argue that sustainable development, far from being a fixed concept, is a conceptual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415586798
• ISBN13: 9780415586795
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"