Palgrave Advances in International Environmental Politics

MICHELE BETSILL is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University and Affiliate Scientist with the Institute for the Study of Society and the Environment at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research, USA. She is the co-author (with Harriet Bulkeley) of Cities and Climate Change: Urban Sustainability and Global Environmental Governance. KATHRYN HOCHSTETLER is Associate Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University, USA. In 2003-2004, she was Research Fellow in Politics at the Centre for Brazilian Studies, Oxford University, UK. She recently

Palgrave Advances in International Environmental Politics provides a state of the art review of the major theoretical approaches and substantive debates of the field. The first section reviews the historical development of international environmental politics as well as the theoretical and methodological approaches used in its study.Palgrave Advances in International Environmental Politics provides a state of the art review of the major theoretical approaches and substantive debates of the field. The first section reviews the historical development of international environmental politics as well as the theoretical and methodological approaches used in its study. The following chapters each review the trajectory of a key research area within international environmental politics and elaborate on current approaches and debates. Case studies in each chapter illuminate the main theoretical questions that emerge from the review.