From precaution to profit [electronic resource] : contemporary challenges to environmental protection in the Montreal protocol / Brian J. Gareau.
2013
TD887.O95 G37 2013eb
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Title
From precaution to profit [electronic resource] : contemporary challenges to environmental protection in the Montreal protocol / Brian J. Gareau.
Author
Gareau, Brian J., 1973-
ISBN
9780300188912 (electronic book)
9780300175264
9780300175264
Imprint
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xix, 362 p.) : ill.
Call Number
TD887.O95 G37 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.73
Summary
"This book challenges the oft-cited belief that the Montreal Protocol remains an exemplary global environmental agreement. Through a sociological analysis of the political decision-making process and controversies generated at Montreal Protocol meetings, the book documents new ways global environmental governance is organized based on neoliberal ideals. The book shows how neoliberalism - as a dominant discourse and economic practice - has become increasingly embedded in the Montreal Protocol, and how global powers are able to act protectionist amid that discourse. The book demonstrates how recent controversies involve much more than just economic protectionism per se; it also involves the protection of the legitimacy of certain forms of scientific knowledge. It traces the rise of a new form of disagreement between global powers, members of the scientific community, civil society and agro-industry groups, signaling the negative impact of neoliberal policies on ozone politics and global environmental governance more broadly. The book reveals how global civil society groups involved in the Montreal Protocol are affected by the neoliberal discourse, which has left them relatively ineffective in their efforts to push for environmental protection"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Yale agrarian studies.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: When agriculture meets the ozone layer
From public to private global environmental governance : a brief history
A critical review of the successful CFC phaseout versus the delayed MeBr phaseout in the Montreal Protocol
Social capital and the vertical integration of power
Tensions among nation-states
The coproduction of science/knowledge and politics
The limited influence of global civil society
Conclusion: Is a better future for global environmental governance possible?
From public to private global environmental governance : a brief history
A critical review of the successful CFC phaseout versus the delayed MeBr phaseout in the Montreal Protocol
Social capital and the vertical integration of power
Tensions among nation-states
The coproduction of science/knowledge and politics
The limited influence of global civil society
Conclusion: Is a better future for global environmental governance possible?