American Foreign Environmental Policy and the Power of the State

American Foreign Environmental Policy and the Power of the State
ISBN-10
0198292597
ISBN-13
9780198292593
Category
Political Science / International Relations / General
Pages
262
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Stephen Hopgood, Lecturer in International Politics School of Oriental and African Studies Stephen Hopgood

Description

"In an increasingly interdependent world, marked by growing numbers of non-governmental organizations and international institutions, American Foreign Environmental Policy presents a forceful argument for the continued relevance of the state to our understanding of international relations. Based on extensive primary research, the book outlines the key role central state officials have played in formulating American foreign environmental policy, concluding that claims about the erosion of state sovereignty, and the diminishing relevance of the domestic-international policy divide, have been overstated. In demonstrating powerfully that the focus of analysis should continue to be on politics inside the institutions of state, the argument nevertheless rejects realist, pluralist, and Marxist, accounts of foreign policy making. An alternative explanation is developed which integrates domestic and international factors through the innovative idea of policy contexts', at the same time as emphasizing the dominant role core state officials continue to play in the making of foreign policy."--BOOK JACKET.

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