Role Theory, Environmental Politics, and Learning in International Relations ...

by Engstrand, Sandra

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Role Theory, Environmental Politics, and Learning in International Relations : The Case of the Arctic Region, Paperback by Engstrand, Sandra, ISBN 1032012099, ISBN-13 9781032012094, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In this book, Sandra Engstrand uses role theory to study learning processes in environmental policy negotiations in the Arctic Council. Owing to rapid ice-melting in the Arctic region, and more accessible commercial opportunities, there is a greater need for environmental protection. However, large sections of the Arctic fall under state jurisdiction, often causing tensions to arise that prevent any cooperation from achieving fully efficient environmental protection. To enhance our understanding on how states learn about environmental norms, Engstrand examines negotiation processes on environmental protection for the prevention of Arctic marine oil spills and the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants. Through interviews with state representatives and through text analyses of nearly twenty years of meetings between Senior Arctic Officials from each of the eight Arctic states, Engstrand suggests that learning on environmental norms runs firstly through a learning of roles in international relations. She demonstrates how member states develop through self-reflection and by considering the expectation of others, concluding that states’ wishes to preserve their social role in a group and to be perceived as Arctic 'cooperators’ are drivers for a social educat

• ISBN: 9781032012094
• Condition: Fine

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