Denise K. DeGarmo - International Environmental Treaties and State Behavior: Factors Influencing Cooperation

STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Charles MacDonald

Florida International University

A ROUTLEDGE SERIES

STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

CHARLES MACDONALD, General Editor

PROMOTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Chrystalla A. Ellina

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY AND TURKISH IDENTITY

Ycel Bozdaglioglu

ORGANIZING THE WORLD

Galia Press-Barnathan

HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA, EL SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA

Mayra Gomez

NEGOTIATING THE ARCTIC

E.C.H. Keskitalo

THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Eugenia da Conceio-Heldt

MALAYSIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Vanessa C. M. Chio

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES AND STATE BEHAVIOR

Factors Influencing Cooperation

Denise K. DeGarmo

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DeGarmo, Denise K., 1956-

International environmental treaties and state behavior : factors influencing cooperation / Denise K. DeGarmo.

p. cm. (Studies in international relations)

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1. Environmental policyInternational cooperation. I. Title. II. Studies in international relations (Routledge (Firm))

Industrialism is the systematic exploitation of wasting assets. In all too many cases, the thing we call progress is merely an acceleration in the rate of that exploitation. Such prosperity as we have known up to the present is the consequence of rapidly spending the planet's irreplaceable capital.

Sooner or later mankind will be forced by the pressure of circumstances to take concerted action against its own destructive and suicidal tendencies. The longer such action is postponed, the worse it will be for all concerned Overpopulation and erosion constitute a Martian invasion of the planet Treat Nature aggressively, with greed and violence and incomprehension: wounded Nature will turn and destroy you if presumptuously imagining that we can conquer Nature, we continue to live on our planet like a swarm of destructive parasites-we condemn ourselves and our children to misery and deepening squalor and the despair that finds expression in the frenzies of collective violence.

Aldous Huxley (1948) Managing The Double Crises

Chapter One
International Environmental Problems and International Environmental Politics: An Overview

Chapter Two
International Relations Theory and International Environmental Politics: Epistemological Issues and Existing Approaches

Chapter Three
The History of International Environmentalism

Chapter Four
Determinants of State Behavior in the International Environment: Becoming a Party to International Environmental Treaties

Chapter Five
Becoming a Party to International Environmental Treaties: An Analysis

Chapter Six
Becoming a Party to International Environmental Treaties: Case Studies

Chapter Seven
Conclusions

I would like to dedicate this work to the memory of Professor Harold K. Jacobson. Professor Jacobson's dedication to graduate and undergraduate education inspired me to become the scholar I am today. His intellectual support allowed me to explore the depths of my intellectual curiosity while his emotional support helped me to develop confidence in my scholarship. Without his guidance, I could not have successfully completed this project. His final insights into this project were sorely missed. I also wish to thank Professor Paul Huth for his patience, encouragement, and willingness to challenge me intellectually. I would like to thank Professor Douglas Lemke for jumping in at the last minute to ensure this project would be completed on time and Professor Steven Brechin for his willingness to take on this project. A special thank you is extended to Professor Richard L. Hall for his wisdom, emotional support and valued friendship. On a more personal level, I wish to thank Jose Raul Perales-Hernandez for his friendship, willingness to engage in countless hours of conversation, and for reminding me there was a light at the end of the tunnel. I would also like to thank Lili Kivisto and Rene Lewis for their encouragement and prayers. My deepest gratitude, however, goes out to my sons who have sacrificed so much in order for me to pursue my educational dreams. Their unconditional love and support has inspired me in ways that words cannot describe.

In the dust where we have buried the silent races and their abominations, we have buried so much of the delicate magic of life.

D.H. Lawrence (at Taos)

The purpose of this chapter is to provide the reader with an introduction to international environmental problems and politics. The chapter is divided into four sections. The first section is devoted to a discussion of international environmental problems and their influence on state behavior in the international system. The second section examines international environmental cooperation, while the third section looks at international environmental politics. Finally, section four provides an overview of the organization of this book.

While environmental issues have always been an important part of international relations, not until the United Nations Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972 were growing international concerns regarding the impact of environmental degradation on the human population and the international ramifications of the depletion of finite resources first voiced. As a result of the