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ES334.
International Environmental Regimes Tue-Thu, 2:30-3:45, Olin
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Professor Liliana B.
Andonova Miller 258; x5312 Office hours: T: 8:45-10:15am, TH: 3:45-5:15pm & by appointment |
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The
course explores the politics of international environmental cooperation. It
asks under what conditions have states been able to cooperate and establish
international regimes to improve the global environment? Topics include
negotiation of, compliance with, and effectiveness of international
environmental treaties; sustainable development; trade and environment;
international financial institutions; and the role of non-state actors. The
course is structured as a mixture of lecture and discussion. It is important
that students do all the readings prior to class meetings. |
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Grading: Class attendance and participation: 10% Critical essay: 10% Midterm exam 1: 20% Midterm exam 2: 20% Final project presentation: 10% Final paper: 30% |
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Critical Essay: Each student should write one
short essay of 3-5 pages on one (or several) of the assigned readings. Essays
are due by 9am on the day of the class for which the reading is assigned.
Students would also be asked to lead a short discussion in class on the
readings and the argument they made in the critical paper.
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Final Project: Research Paper and Web Page on International Environmental
Regimes
The research paper (15-20 pgs) can be on
any topic related to international environmental cooperation. It should be
organized around a clear research question, should draw on concepts and
debates covered in the class, and should use empirical evidence to advance
our understanding of these concepts and issues. You may choose, for example,
to examine the role of a particular actor (states, NGOs, business
organizations), the effectiveness of a particular regimes, or broader debates
related to environmental governance. It is often helpful to identify a puzzle
or variation in policy outcomes you wish to explain. Note that evidence of
plagiarism (including copying and pasting of text from the web) will result
in a failing grade for the course. The web page should present the
central topic or concept(s) of you research paper. It would contain a link to
the executive summary of your paper and selected research links. It should not
aim at a comprehensive presentation of you argument or research. The Internet
is a relatively new research resource. It has some obvious advantages.
Significant amounts of information can be accessed fast and mostly free of
charge, including legislation, official documents, and data. There are also
negative sides to the Internet: information overload, lack of effective
screening of the quality of information, sometimes publication of offensive
material. Students should, therefore, use their best judgment and prior
knowledge on environmental regimes in locating and using web information.
When navigating the web it is NOT a good idea to give out personal
information as we do not know how this information is used. Final projects will be presented in groups of
several students covering related topics (schedule will be assigned by
instructor). One project presentation grade (10% of the class grade) will be
assigned to the students within each group. This is a course about
cooperation, so it is important for students to demonstrate what they have
learned about overcoming collective action problems and cooperating to
achieve mutually beneficial results. Individual, easy to navigate web pages
will get extra credit. The objectives of the final project are: 1) to
develop solid research on topics of environmental cooperation; 2) to develop
effective skills in using the Internet for research and presentation; 3) to
demonstrate presentation skills. |
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Required Texts: Conca, Ken and Geoffrey Dabelko, eds.
2004. Green Planet Blues. Third edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Strunk, W. and White, E.B. 1999. The
Elements of Style.
Allyn and Bacon. Reserve readings (R) – available on
electronic reserve at Miller. |
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Class Schedule
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Sept
8 |
Introduction |
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I. Concepts and
Methods |
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Sept 13 |
Environmental Problems and International
Regimes Green Planet Blues: Tragedy of the Commons
(Hardin); No Tragedy of the Commons (Buck) Porter, G., Janet Welsh Brown, and Pamela S. Chasek,
eds. 2000. Global
Environmental Politics. Third
edition. Boulder, CO: Westview
Press. Chapter 1 (Emergence of Global Environmental Politics), p.1-34. R Haas, P., Levy, M. and Keohane, R. 1993. Institutions for the Earth:
Sources of Effective International Environmental Protection. Cambridge: MIT Press,
chapter 1, p.397-426. R |
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Sept
15 |
Sustainable
Development
Green
Planet Blues:
Introduction
to part V (The Sustainability Debate); Towards Sustainable Development (World
Commission on Environment and Development), How Much is Enough? (Durning),
Whose Common Future? (Lohmann), Sustainable Development: A Critical Review
(Lélé) Stern, D., Common, M. and Barbier, E.
1996. “Economic Growth and
Environmental Degradation: The
Environmental Kuznets Curve and Sustainable Development.” World
Development,
24:7, 1151-1160. [Online
Reading] Levy, M. 2002. “Measuring Nations’ Environmental Sustainability.” Environmental Performance
Measurement: The Global Report
2001-2002.
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Sept
20 |
Research
Question and Methods King,
Gary, Keohane, R. and Verba, S. 1998. Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton University
Press, 1-33. R Lijphart,
A. Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method.” American Political
Science Review, v. 65, pp. 682-691. R Strunk,
W. and White, E.B. 1999. The Elements of Style. Allyn and Bacon One paragraph proposal for research topic due
in class! |
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Sept
22 |
The Global Summits Green Planet Blues: Three Decades of
Global Environmental Politics (the editors); Perspective on the
Johannesburg Summit (Speth); Excerpt from The Jo’Burg Memo: Fairness in a
Fragile World. French, Hilary et al. 2005. “Laying the
Foundations for Peace.” In State of the World. Redefining Global Security. Report by the
Worldwatch Institute, pp.160-180. R |
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II.
Inter-Governmental Regimes |
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Sept
27 |
Ozone Depletion Parson, Edward. 2003 Protecting the ozone
layer: science and strategy. Oxford , NY: Oxford University Press. Chapter 9.
R Optional: Parson, Edward A. 1996.
“International Protection of the Ozone Layer.” Green Globe Yearbook, p. 19-28. R [Online Reading] |
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Sept
29 |
Acid Rain John McCormick. 1998. “Acid Pollution. The
International Community’s Continuing Struggle.” Environment, 40:3, p. 16. [Online Reading] Jorgen Wettestad. 2002. Clearing the Air.
Europe Tackles Transboundary Pollution.” Environment, 44:2, p. 32. [Online Reading] Willemnijn Tuinstra, Leen Hordijk, and Markus
Amann. 1999. “Using Computer Models in International Cooperation.”
Environment, 44:9, p. 32. [Online Reading] |
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Oct
4 |
Whaling Andersen, Steiner. 1998. “The Making and
Implementation f Whaling Policies: Does Participation Make a Difference.” In
Victor, David G., Kal Raustiala, and Eugene B. Skolnikoff, eds.
Implementation and Effectiveness of International Environmental Commitments:
Theory and Practice. Cambridge: MIT Press, p. 431-474. R Kristof, Nicholas. 2003. “Whale on the Table.”
The New York Times, September 17, 2003, Wednesday, Late Edition –
Final, A 27. Search Lexis-Nexus at |
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Oct
6 |
Midterm 1 |
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Oct
11 |
Spring Break |
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Oct
13 |
Climate Change Barrett, Scott. 2003. Environment and
Statecraft: the Strategy of Environmental Treaty. Chapter 15: Global Climate
Change and the Kyoto Protocol.” P. 359-398. New York: Oxford Univ. Press,
2003. R International Energy Agency. 2002. “What
Happened in Bonn? The Nuts and Bolts of an Historic Agreement.” PP. 1-12. R Joyeeta Gupta and Michael Grubb, eds. 2000.
Climate change and European leadership: a sustainable role for Europe.
Boston: Kluwer Academic. Chapter 16 (Implementing European Leadership,
287-311). R Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain. 1991 “Global
Warming in an Unequal World: A Case of Environmental Colonialism.” Earth
Island Journal, spring 1991, 39-40. R [Online Reading] James Brooke. 2003. “Hybrids are the Stars at
Tokyo’s Show.” New York Times, November 5, 2003, W1. Search Lexis-Nexus at: Recommended: Richard Benedick. 2001. “Striking
a New Deal on Climate Change.” Issues in Science and Technology, fall 2001, 18, 1,
p.71-76. R
[Online Reading] |
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Oct
18 |
View After the Warming |
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Oct
20 |
Biodiversity Regimes McGraw, Désirée M. (2002). "The CBD - Key
Characteristics and Implications for Implementation." RECIEL 11(1): 17-28; R [Online
Reading] Note: the link takes you to the journal, you have to open 2002,
11(1), then the PDF article. Curlier, Maaria, and Steiner Andersen. 2002.
International Trade in Endangered Species: the CITES Regime. In Miles, Edward
et al. Environmental Regime Effectiveness. Confronting Theory and Evidence.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. R |
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III. Non-State Actors and Environmental
Regimes |
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Oct
25 |
Advocacy Organizations Final selection of research topics due in
class! Green Planet Blues: Introduction to Part
II; Kenya’s Green Militant: An interview with Wangari Muta Maathai (UNESCO
Courier), Think Locally, Act Globally? The Transnationalization of Canadian
Resource-Use Conflicts (Barker & Soyez), Politics Beyond the State:
Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics (Wapner); Coercing
Conservation (Peluso) Check and come prepared to comment on the
website of one transnational or local NGO. |
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Oct
27 |
Web-page creation and design session. Room
number: TBA. A course template will be provided for the
assigned class project. Students with laptops should bring them. |
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Nov
1 |
Amazon Deforestation Green
Planet Blues:
Rethinking the Ecology-Sovereignty Debate (Conca), Fight for the Forest
(Mendes), Two Agendas on Amazon Development (COICA) Keck, M. and Sikkink, K. 1998. Activists Beyond Borders.
Advocacy Networks in International Politics.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Chapter 4, p.121-163. R |
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Nov
3 |
Business and the Environment One page outline of research topics due in
class. Green Planet Blues: Walking the Talk:
The Business Case for Sustainable Development (
Garcia-Johnson, R. 2000. Exporting Environmentalism. US
Multinational Chemical Corporations in Brazil and Mexico. Cambridge: MIT
Press, chapter 1, p. 1-25. R Shell. 2002. Meeting the Energy Challenge. The Shell
Report 2002. R Richard Boele1, Heike Fabig, and David
Wheeler. 2001. Shell, Nigeria, and the Ogoni. A Study in Unsustainable
Development: I. The Story of Shell, Nigeria an the Ogoni People –
environment, economy, relationships: conflict and prospects for resolution,
Sustainable Development 9:2. 74-86. R Waldman, Amy. Bhopal Seethes, Pained and Poor
18 Years.” New York Times, 9/12.02. Search Lexis-Nexus at |
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Nov
8 |
Public-Private Partnerships
and Certification
Assignment
for group presentations by instructor Green Planet Blues: A Participatory
Approach to Strategic Planning (Bissell) Liliana B. Andonova and Marc A. Levy (2003),
‘Franchising Global Governance: Making Sense of the Johannesburg Type II
Partnerships’, Yearbook of International Co-operation on Environment and
Development 2003/2004 (London: Earthscan Publications), 19–31. R Gereffi, Gary, Ronie Garcia-Johnson, et al.
(2001). "The NGO-Industrial Complex." Foreign Policy: 56-65. R [Online Reading] Clapp. J. 1998.
“The Privatization of Global Environmental Governance: ISO 1400 and
the Developing World.” Global Governance 4 (1998) 295-316. R Check and come prepared to comment on the website of one
transnational partnership or certification institution. |
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Nov
10 |
Scientific communities
Haas, P.
1989. "Do regimes
matter? Epistemic Communities
and Mediterranean Pollution Control." International Organization, 43, 3: 377-403. R [Online Reading] Biermann, F. 2001.
"Big Science, Small Impacts in the South? The Influence of Global Environmental
Assessments on Expert Communities in India." Global Environmental Change 11, 297-309. R [Online Reading] Masood, Ehsan. 1998. “Biodiversity Body Needs
More Science.” Nature, 391, 215. R |
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IV.
Globalization and Environmental Regimes
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Nov
15 |
Trade and the
Environment
Green Planet Blues: Stuck in the Mud?
Nation-States, Globalization, and Environment (Zarsky), Presentation to the
WTO Symposium (Juniper), Environment and the Trading System: Picking up the
Post-Seattle Pieces (Esty) Jagdish Bahwati. 1993. The Case for Free Trade. Scientific American.
(November 1993), 42-49. R Daly, Herman. 1993. The Perils of Free Trade.”
Scientific American. (November 1993), 50-57. R Recommended: Wheeler, David. 2000. "Racing to the Bottom? Foreign Investment and Air Pollution
in Developing Countries." Journal of Environment and Development, 10:3, 225-245. [Online
Reading] |
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Nov
17 |
European Union and
the Environment
Alberta M. Sbragia. 2000. Environmental
Policy. In Wallace, Helen and William Wallace, eds. Policy Making in the
European Union. Fourth Edition. Oxford.University Press. R Jonas Tallberg. “Paths to Compliance:
Enforcement, Management, and the European Union.” International Organization,
56: 3, 609 – 643 R [Online
Reading] Andonova, Liliana. 2005. “The Europeanization
of Environmental Policy in Central and Eastern Europe.” In Schimmelfennig et
al. The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe. Cornell University
Press, pp 135-156. R |
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Nov
22 |
Midterm 2 |
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Nov
24 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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Nov
29 |
International Financial Institutions Green Planet Blues: Introduction to Part
IV; World Bank’s Environmental Reform Agenda (Seymour & Dubash),
Expanding the Capital Stock (Serageldin & Steer),Report and Findings on
the Qinghai Project (World Bank Inspection Panel). Connolly, Barbara; Keohane, Robert O. 1996.
Institutions for environmental aid: Politics lessons and opportunities.
Environment, 38:5, p. 12. [Online
Reading] |
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Dec
1 |
Environment and Security Green Planet Blues: Part VI Conca, Carius, and Dabelko. 2005. “Building
Peace Through Environmental Cooperation.” State of the World. Redefining
Global Security.
A report by the World Watch Institute; W.W. Norton & Company. 144-158. R Review French et al. 2005 from Sept 22. |
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Dec
6 |
Student Presentations |
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Dec
8 |
Student Presentations |
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