Environmental Regime Effectiveness: Confronting Theory with Evidence

by Edward L. Miles, Steinar Andresen, Arild Underdal

Book Overview

This book examines why some international environmental regimes succeed while others fail. Confronting theory with evidence, and combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, it compares fourteen case studies of international regimes. It considers what effectiveness in a regime would look like, what factors might contribute to effectiveness, and how to measure the variables. It determines that environmental regimes actually do better than the collective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262632411
• ISBN13: 9780262632416
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 530 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher