Institutional Interactions at the Crossroads of Trade and Environment: the Dominance of Liberal Environmentalism?
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Summary, in English
This article argues that institutional interactions that cut across the domains of trade and environment are embedded in overarching norms that shape their evolution and impact. In making this argument, it analyzes three cases of such interactions within the climate change and biosafety regime complexes: those relating to trade-related climate policies and measures, forest carbon sinks, and trade in genetically modified organisms. The analysis highlights the dominance of liberal environmentalism (a set of global norms promoting economic efficiency and environmental improvements through market-based mechanisms) in shaping institutional interactions within these regime complexes, even as liberal environmentalism is contested by key actors. This, in turn, has implications for effective management of institutional interlinkages within regime complexes in global environmental governance.
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Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
105-118
Publication/Series
Global Governance
Volume
19
Issue
1
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- Institutional theory
- International organisations
- Biodiversity
- Trade and environment
- Environmental institutions
- climate change
- complexity
- UNFCCC
- Kyoto Protocol
- CBD
- WTO
- WTO law
- Frame analysis
- Discourse analysis
- political ecology
Status
Published
Research group
- Miljöpolitik
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1075-2846