| Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: Constructing a Global Response Contributor(s): Hoffmann, Matthew J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 079146525X ISBN-13: 9780791465257 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: 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 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology |
| Dewey: 363.738 |
| LCCN: 2004024571 |
| Series: Suny Series in Global Politics (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 259 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |