The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Causal Connections and Behavioral Mechanisms

by Oran R. Young

Book Overview

To be effective, an international regime must play a significant role in solving or at least managing the problem that led to its creation. But because regimes--social institutions composed of roles, rules, and relationships--are not actors in their own right, they can succeed only by influencing the behavior of their members or actors operating under their members' jurisdiction.

This book examines how regimes influence the behavior of their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262740230
• ISBN13: 9780262740234
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher