Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: Constructing a Global Response (Global Politics) - Softcover

Hoffmann, Matthew J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791465268 ISBN 13: 9780791465264

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2005

Synopsis

A path-breaking look at the international response to ozone depletion and climate change.

Matthew J. Hoffmann explores the fundamental question of who should participate in the global response to ozone depletion and climate change. Blending social constructivist theory with insights from the study of complex adaptive systems, Hoffmann develops a unique framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of participation norms, which define the appropriate global response and shape how states have perceived the problems, defined their interests and strategies, and pursued governance. The explanation is rigorously developed through an innovative combination of formal analysis and in-depth empirical case studies. Agent-based computer simulation modeling is employed to explore essential norm dynamics, analysis that is complemented and extended by process-tracing case studies that examine governance activities from 1986 through 2003. The result provides the understanding necessary for improving global responses to environmental problems.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew J. Hoffmann is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Delaware.

Review

"Ozone Depletion and Climate Change is engaging and clearly written. I was particularly impressed with Hoffmann's ability to present his computer models in terms that are totally accessible to nonspecialists. He has produced an exceptional book that I anticipate will be popular in a variety of international relations courses."

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0791465268
• ISBN 13: 9780791465264
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 276