International Politics and the Environment

International Politics and the Environment provides a sophisticated overview of the theories, concepts and methods central to understanding the complex and contentious field of international environmental politics. Ronald Mitchell carefully introduces students to the political processes involved in both causing and resolving international environmental problems. Each fully integrated chapter:

Links environmental policy to politics, bringing in a wide range of practical real-life examples

Deepens students' theoretical understanding, helping them to identify and explain international environmental problems and their solutions

Goes beyond description and develops students' ability to evaluate claims about outcomes in international environmental politics through empirical testing

A rounded, in-depth examination of international environmental politics, this book has been specifically written for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in global environmental politics and modules of broader international relations programs.