Traditions and Trends in Global Environmental Politics: International Relations and the Earth

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How can a divided world share a single planet? As the environment rises ever higher on the global agenda, the discipline of International Relations (IR) is engaging in more varied and transformative ways than ever before to overcome environmental challenges. Focusing in particular on the key trends of the past 20 years, this volume explores the main developments in the global environmental crisis, with each chapter considering an environmental issue and an approach within IR. In the process, adjacent fields including energy politics, science and technology, and political economy are also touched on. Traditions and Trends in Global Environmental Politics is aimed at anybody interested in the key international environmental problems of the day, and those seeking clarification and inspiration in terms of approaches and theories that decode how the environment is accounted for in global politics. It will be an essential resource for students and scholars of global environmental politics and governance, environmental studies and IR. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of contributors Preface 1. IR and the Earth: societal multiplicity and planetary singularity The short and long history of international environmental politics Studying international environmental politics What has the environment ever done for IR? Outline of this volume Note References 2. International climate politics between pluralism and solidarism: an English School perspective Introduction The English School, global environmentalism and progressive change in international society Pluralism versus solidarism in international climate politics A crisis of solidarism? International climate politics between great power politics and transnationalism Conclusions Note References 3. Problematising the unitary actor assumption in IR: insights from the climate change literature Introduction Neorealism, neoliberalism and the unitary actor assumption Problematising domestic–international interactions: a ‘domestic turn’ in IR? Conclusion Note References 4. Green states and global environmental politics: beyond Western IR? Introduction Green states and IR theory Explaining green states International influences on green states Green states in Europe Green states in Africa Conclusion References 5. Environmental science and International Relations Introduction Separating science and policy Integrating science and politics Climate science and epistemic authority Conclusion Note References 6. Post-humanism and geoengineering Introduction Geoengineering as a response to climate change The global politics of geoengineering What is post-humanism? Geoengineering and post-humanism Conclusion References 7. Justice discourses and the global environment: diverse perspectives on an uneven landscape Introduction Justice in global environmental politics Power, justice and the limitations of global environmental governance Political ecology and ecological justice Intersectionality and environmental justice Conclusion References 8. IPE and the environment in the age of the Anthropocene Introduction Plus ça change? The nature of IPEE IPEE and the Anthropocene Towards a global political economy of the Anthropocene Conclusions Notes References 9. Security politics and climate change: the new security dilemma Introduction The political challenge of ’climate security’: a review The strategic context of climate security Challenges in climate security discourse: a critique Ecological security as political cause and effect Climate inequalities and inequities – questions of justice recast Beyond short-term instrumental adjustments – security and justice References 10. Energy security in an age of environmental change Introduction Energy as security in IR: competing realist and liberal logics A changing debate: conceptual and normative critiques From critique to practice: the gradual transformation of China’s energy security politics Conclusion References 11. International Relations as if the Earth matters Introduction A summary of our contribution Changing traditions and trends Resolving the puzzle of IR and the Earth References Index