Required reading
Textbook:
Breitmeier, Helmut; Oran R. Young, and Michael Zürn (2006). Analyzing International Environmental Regimes. Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press. Kap. 1, 3-5 (1-20; 63-225). [Bookstore or library]
Barrett, Scott (1999). “Montreal versus Kyoto: International Cooperation and the Global Environment”. In I. Kaul, I. Grunberg, and M.A. Stern (eds.), Global Public Goods: International Cooperation in the 21st Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press (pp. 192-219). Compendium
Barrett, Scott and Robert Stavins (2003): “Increasing Participation and Compliance in International Climate Change Agreements”. International Environmental Agreements, 3 (4): 349–376. Link
Chayes, Abram and Antonia H. Chayes (1993). “On Compliance”. International Organization, 47 (2): 175–205. Link
Concha, Ken (2006). Governing Water. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Chapters 1 and 2 (pp. 1-71). Compendium
Conybeare, John A. (1980). “International Organization and the Theory of Property Rights”. International Organization, 34 (3): 307-344. Link
deSombre, Elizabeth R. (2000). Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Chapters 1 and 2 (pp. 1-49). Compendium
Downs, George W., David M. Rocke, and Peter N. Barsoom (1996). “Is the Good News about Compliance Good News about Cooperation?” International Organization, 50 (3): 379-406. Link
Haas, Peter M. (1992). “Introduction: Epistemic Communities and International Policy Coordination”. International Organization, 46 (1): 1-35. Link Hardin, Garrett (1977). “Living on a Lifeboat”. In Garrett Hardin & John Baden (red.): Managing the Commons. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman (pp. 261-279). Compendium
Homer-Dixon, Thomas F. (1999). Environment, Scarcity, and Violence. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Chapters 2, 3, and 5 (pp. 12-44; 73-106).
Hovi, Jon and Bjart Holtsmark (2006). “Cap-and-trade or carbon taxes? The feasibility of enforcement and the effects of non-compliance”. International Environmental Agreements, 6 (2): 137-155. Link
Hovi, Jon (2008). “Towards a Better Compliance System for the Climate Regime?”, forthcoming in Christophe P. Vasser (ed.), The Kyoto Protocol: Economic Assessments, Implementation Mechanisms, and Policy Implications. Nova Publishers. 15s. Compendium
Jahiel, Abigail R. (2006). “China, the WTO, and Implications for the Environment”. Environmental Politics, 15 (2): 310-329. Link
Miles, Edward L. et al. (2002). Environmental Regime Effectiveness: Confronting Theory with Evidence. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Chapter 18 (pp. 467-474). Compendium
Mitchell, Ronald B. (1994). “Regime Design Matters: Intentional Oil Pollution and Treaty Compliance”. International Organization, 48 (3): 425-458. Link
Mitchell, Ronald B. (2008). “Evaluating the Performance of International Institutions: What to Evaluate and How to Evaluate It?” In O.R. Young, L.A. King, and H. Schroeder (eds.), Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (pp. 79-114). Compendium
Mitnick, Barry M. (1980). The Political Economy of Regulation. New York: Columbia University Press. Chapter 6 (pp. 321-363). Compendium
Najam, Adil, Michaela Papa, and Nadaa Taijab (2006). Global Environmental Governance: A Reform Agenda. Winnipeg: International Institute of Sustainable Development. Chapter 1 (pp. 7-25). Compendium
Pattberg, Philipp (2005). “What Role for Private Rule-Making in Global Environmental Governance? Analyzing the Forest Stewardship Council”. International Environmental Agreements, 5 (2): 175-189. Link
Skodvin, Tora (2000). “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change”. In Steinar Andresen et al., Science and Politics in International Environmental Regimes. Manchester: Manchester University Press (pp 146-180). Compendium
Stokke, Olav S. (2005). “Trade measures, WTO, and Climate Compliance”. In O. S. Stokke, J. Hovi, and G. Ulfstein (eds.), Implementing the Climate Regime: International Compliance. London: Earthscan (pp. 147-165). Compendium
Underdal, Arild (2002). “One Question, Two Answers”. Chapter 1 in Edward L. Miles et al., Environmental Regime Effectiveness. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (pp. 3-45). Compendium
Underdal, Arild (2002). “Conclusions: Patterns of Regime Effectiveness”. Chapter 17 in Edward L. Miles et al., Environmental Regime Effectiveness. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (pp. 433-465). Compendium
Wapner, Paul (2002). “Horizontal Politics: Transnational Environmental Activism and Global Cultural Change”. Global Environmental Politics, 2 (2): 37-62. Link
Young, Oran R. (2008). “Building Regimes for Socioecological Systems: Institutional Diganostics.” In O.R. Young, L.A. King, and H. Schroeder (eds.), Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (pp.115-144). Compendium
Total: 960 pages
Suggested Reading
Barrett, Scott (2003). Environment & Statecraft. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Note that lectures will build on the assumption that the chapters currently included in the reading list for STV2200 are known.)
Benedick, Richard E. (1991). Ozone Diplomacy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Hasenclever, Andreas; Peter Mayer & Volker Rittberger (1997). Theories of International Regimes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lofdahl, Corey L. (2002). Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Steffen, Will et al. (2004). Global Change and the Earth System: Executive Summary. Stockholm: IGBP.
Stokke, Olav S.; Jon Hovi, and Geir Ulfstein (eds.) (2005). Implementing the Climate Regime. International Compliance. London: Earthscan.
Victor, David G.; Kal Raustiala & Eugene B. Skolnikoff (eds.) (1998). The Implementation and Effectiveness of International Environmental Commitments. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Young, Oran R. (ed.) (1999). The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Young, Oran R.; Leslie A. Kind, and Heike Shroeder (eds.), Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (remaining chapters).