The USA and Global Environmental Policy
Domestic Constraints on Effective Leadership
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6299658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glen Sussman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 349-369 |
| Publication date | 2004-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512104045077 |
| OpenAlex | W2137021312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 29 |
During the past three decades, global environmental policy has increased in salience in international politics. What role has the USA, a principal actor in global affairs, played in multilateral efforts to promote environmental protection? What factors might account for US actions regarding progress or problems related to global environmental policy? In order to answer these questions, I examine the role of three principal actors in the US political system, namely, the American president, the Congress, and domestic organized interests. This discussion is followed by three case studies (the Montreal Protocol, the Convention on Global Climate Change, and the Convention on Biodiversity) that show the role of these political actors in shaping US global environmental policy. When the USA provides leadership, it bolsters multilateral efforts to address global environmental problems. When it fails to offer leadership, it weakens that effort. Either way, domestic political factors (rather than interstate relations) play a central role in shaping US global environmental policy
Convention · Economics · Environmental policy · Environmental politics · Environmental resource management · Global Leadership · International relations · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Principal (computer security · Public relations · Salience (neuroscience · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Law · Public Administration · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Transboundary Water Resource Management
Global Commons, Domestic Decisions
Democracy and state environmental commitment to international environmental treaties
Environmental regime effectiveness and the North American Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
The Road not Taken
Linking trade and environment in emerging economies
On credit and blame
The organisation of denial
Green means stop
Social Origins of Scientific Deviance
The Global 2000 report to the President
The Politics of the Environment
Of Global Concern
The Internationalization of Environmental Protection
Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy
Presidential Leadership and Civil Rights Policy
Scientific Basis for the Greenhouse Effect
Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration
The Politics of Global Atmospheric Change
International environmental diplomacy
The international politics of the environment
The Endangered Atmosphere
Eagle Adrift
Scientific Basis for the Greenhouse Effect
Domestic Politics and International Relations
Gaia's Wager
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2019 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |