Global Environmental Politics

Recently, I needed to learn a great deal about global environmental issues and global environmental politics in a short period of time. My assistant went and bought more than two dozen books - edited volumes, easy readers, detailed analyses, text books, etc. I surveyed them all and read most cover to cover. This is by far the best. It gave me the essential information in a very readable and well organized format. It was did not lecture but informed. I saw many far longer or more focused volumes but this one covered all the bases and was a pleasure to read. It is a little strange to recommend this type of book around the office but when people ask me, this is the one I point to.

This is a truely impressive discussion of global environmental issues. I think it would be valuable for experts and new readers alike. This is a very up to date 2006 edition.

The 2006 edition of this book is excellent. It is entirely new, clear, concise and informative. It has a new author and is so much better that the previous editions it should have a new title.

I came across this book in a Washingon, D.C. bookstore and consumed the entire thing in a matter of days. It's both lucid and insightful. Interest in so-called international environmental issues is high these days, but very few books are available that even attempt to define what such issues are, much less describe them as a group and relate them to one another. This book is in a class by itself. Not only does it discuss and provide fascinating insight into specific areas of international environmental policy, from global warming to international forestry conservation, but also it relates these areas to one another within a single, coherent and robust theoretical framework. The authors display not only a detailed practical knowledge of the policy issues they discuss, but also higher level insight into characteristics that connect disparate policy areas to one another. This is not just interesting; it's of immense practical usefulness. Even without a detailed knowledge of all the specific topics (and acronyms) it addresses, this book is well worth the money of anyone interested in international environmental policy.