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Required reading

Textbook:

Aakre, Stine and Jon Hovi (2010). “Emission Trading: Participation Enforcement Determines the Need for Compliance Enforcement”. European Union Politics, forthcoming.

Auld, Greame; Lars H. Gulbrandsen, and Constance L. McDermott (2008). “Certification Schemes and the Impact on Forests and Forestry”. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 33: 187-211. (24 s) Link

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

Downs, George W. and Michael A. Jones (2002). “Reputation, Compliance, and International Law”. Journal of Legal Studies, XXXI: S95-S114. (19 s)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; Detlef F. Sprinz, and Arild Underdal (2009). “Implementing Long-Term Climate Policy: Time Inconsistency, Domestic Politics, International Anarchy”. Global Environmental Politics, 9 (3): 20-39. (19 s)

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

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

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: 980 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).

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