Newsletter September 2000
Please send all announcements, information, queries, reviews, help wanted, etc. to Ronnie Lipschutz, rlipsch@cats.ucsc.edu, 260 Stevenson College, UC-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, Phone: 831-459-3275; fax: 831-459-3334. The next full issue will be out in October (I hope). Keep those e-mails coming! Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might find it interesting.
CONTENTS
ISA & SECTION NEWS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ON THE WEB
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
JOBS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS
REQUESTS
ISA & SECTION NEWS
FROM THE SECTION CHAIR: The Draft Program will be posted on the ISA web page on October 1st. Only those of you who have requested hard copies (because of luck of access to the web) will get them. The ISA is moving to the web.
The ISA has a significant amount of money for travel funds. Deadlines are September 15th, although the ISA accept applications that are reasonably late. ISA can get more information at
http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/travel-guideline.html. Please apply, even if you have not received notification. ISA 2001 promises to be the largest in history. Please make reservations as soon as you are notified regarding participation. The deadline for Sprout award submissions is September 30. For more information see http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/news/sprout.htm
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR ROBERT AND JESSIE COX PRIZE: The Robert and Jessie Cox Prize Committee of the ISA is soliciting nominations for the annual Cox Prize. This prize seeks to encourage critical study of international political economy, world orders, and
civilizations. The ISA awards this prize for the best unpublished graduate student paper in critical inquiry in international studies. The winner receives $150 and a plaque at the award presentations during the annual ISA meeting. Papers submitted for consideration should relate, broadly, to the main normative principles the Coxes advocate: a diffusion of power, democratization, mutual respect for distinct civilizations, concern for the biosphere, greater social equity, and gender and racial equality. Nominations should come from the graduate student’s department chair, program director, research supervisor, or dean, or from chairs of sessions at national or regional meetings of ISA groups. Nominations must include six (6) hardcopies of the paper and a brief, substantive nomination letter that speaks to the specific scholarly merits of the paper. Papers must be no longer than 35 double-spaced pages, in English, and nominated for no other ISA awards. Send nominations by OCTOBER 15, 2000 to the chair of the committee: Professor Kurt Burch, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716-2574, USA; kurt@udel.edu, 302-831-1936 (or 2355)
YOUR SECTION CALLS! ESS SECTION NOMINATIONS REQUESTED: The Nominations Committee of the Environmental Studies Section (ESS) of the International Studies Association (ISA) would like to request your nominations for several positions that are opening up in the coming year. We welcome both self-nominations as well as nominations of others for these positions (all nominees who are not self-nominated will be contacted for their approval before appearing on the ballot). In general, section officers are expected to attend the Annual Convention barring unusual circumstances; candidates have to be members of the Environmental Studies Section at the time of the election. Descriptions of the officer positions available are listed below. This is your opportunity to become involved in the Environmental Studies Section, or to encourage colleagues to do the same. In case you wish to update yourself about the offices of ESS, please consult the web page at http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/sections/ess/
Section Chair (1 opening). Duties: General oversight of section activities and committees, organization of panels for annual convention, other coordination and activities with International Studies Association more broadly. Length of Term: 2 years with a two-term limit (NB: the current chair does not wish to run for re-election). Workload: High. Remarks: This is the most important position for our section, and we need someone organized, connected, and dedicated to the field.
Executive Board (3 openings; three continuing members). Duties: General responsibility for the Section under the leadership of the
Section Chair, providing support to the Chair (as needed), electing the recipients of the Junior Scholar Travel Award and the Graduate Student Paper Award. Length of term: 2 years. Workload: Low on average, with more demanding temporal peaks. Remarks: Serves the chair, so additional requests may be made for other types of participation.
Nominations Committee (2 openings; two continuing members). Duties: Organize the election process (solicit nominations, determine election format, etc) for officers of the Section. Length of Term: 2 years. Workload: Medium throughout the year and medium to high during the 3 months preceding the Annual Meeting. Remarks: May require active solicitation of candidates suitable for positions and possible installation of electronic or web-based voting; international contacts are helpful.
Sprout Award Committee (2 openings; three continuing members). Duties: Select the best recent book publication falling into the topical domain of the Section Length of Term: 2 years. Workload: May be high, especially during the months preceding the Annual
Meeting, depends on degree of the division of labor within the Committee. Remarks: Great opportunity to keep up with the literature.
Representative to the Global Environmental Politics editorial board (1 opening). Duties: Act as liaison to the board; help review and solicit manuscripts. Length of Term: Normally three years, with no possibility of renewal. Exception for this election, because the position was newly created at the last meeting. Workload: Moderate Remarks: This position is evolving, so the person in the position will have some influence in determining its shape; there is thus also uncertainty about all of the descriptions provided of the job!
Please send your nominations to the chair of the nominating committee, (Beth DeSombre), or, if more convenient for you, to any of the nominations committee members:
Beth DeSombre, Chair of ESS Nominations Committee: Department of
Government, Colby College, 5300 Mayflower Hill, Waterville ME 04901 USA. Phone: 207-872-3274; Fax: 207-872-3263; Email: erdesomb@colby.edu
Ian Rowlands: Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 CANADA, Phone: +1-519-888-4567, ext. 2574; Fax: +1-519-746-0292; Email: irowland@fes.uwaterloo.ca
Michele Betsill: Department of Political Science, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, Phone: 970-491-5156, Fax: 970-491-2490, Email: m.betsill@colostate.edu.
Tamar Gutner: School of International Service, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20016, Phone: (202) 885-1620, Fax: (202)885-2494, email: tgutner@american.edu
VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES FOR ISA
DATE: September 7, 2000 (From Thomas Volgy)
Dear Colleagues:
Two years ago ISA’s Governing Council convened a Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC), and tasked it with a number of important objectives. One of those was to bring back a set of recommendations for changes to ISA’s constitution. As you know, that constitution was written at a time when ISA was very small and as ISA has grown, it has outstripped the provisions of a time when there was no Internet, no e-mail, only one journal, and association practices that were appropriate to an association for a few hundred but not one representing a membership of thousands.
Last spring, the LRPC reported out to the Governing Council a number of recommendations for constitutional changes. They fall into two types: technical versus substantive. The technical changes reflect changes necessitated by changing circumstances (e.g., the constitution required that the editors of our journals sit on the Governing Council, but since there was only one journal, it only specifies the editor of ISQ; the change is to allow all three editors to sit on the Governing Council). These were unanimously approved by the Governing Council and are being forwarded to you for ratification.
The substantive change addresses the issue of the nominating and voting process involving the President of the association. Here, there was less than unanimity, and the Governing Council decided to forward two options for your consideration. One is the recommendation of the LRPC; the alternative proposal is for a requirement for contested elections. To assist in these deliberations, the latest issue of ISP contains an extensive discussion of the pros and cons involving each option. In addition, we have taken that discussion and posted it as well on our web page (http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/news/nominations.htm). I hope you will look at the discussion before you decide on the appropriate option.
You are being asked to make two decisions: cast a vote in favor or against the technical amendments and; to vote your preference for one of the two substantive options on Presidential selection. If only one of the substantive options receives a majority of ballots cast, then it will become the passed constitutional amendment. If both receive a majority of ballots, then whichever receives the most votes will become the prevailing amendment. If neither receives a majority of ballots cast, then neither option will prevail.
I’ve enclosed for your convenience the language on both the technical changes and the substantive changes (the full text of the original constitution is posted on our web page) as an attachment to this e-mail. It is also posted on our web page
(http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/amend.html). In addition, you will find instructions below on filling out an electronic ballot. Please respond with that ballot at your earliest convenience, but no later than September 30th. If you need further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at isa@u.arizona.edu.
Thank you for your time and attention to this important association business.
With my best,
Tom Volgy
Electronic Ballot:
To make voting as painless as possible, we have created an electronic ballot for your use, just point and click your votes and it will be sent automatically to ISA HQ. The ballot is stored on ISA’s web page and can be found at this URL: http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/ballot.html. If this web page address does not appear as an active link in your e-mail, copy and paste the address into the address field in your web browser and click GO to be taken directly to the ballot web page. Once there, fill in the appropriate space to signify you vote on each issue and then click the submit button at the bottom of the web page.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Ron Mitchell has just completed a lengthy and comprehensive review of the IEP literature. The article, which will appear in a shorter form in the Handbook of International Relations, can be found at:
http://www.stanford.edu/~rmitchel/IEP_Review_Essay.htm.
DISSERTATION PRIZE: In its meeting of May 1999, UIA’s Council decided to create an international doctoral prize for theses prepared on a subject concerning the life, operations or work of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs). The competition is open to students of all nationalities. The prize is 6,000 Euros (about $5,500). Deadline for submission is October 14, 2000. See http://www.uia.org/prize/prizndx.htm for details.
PROJECT ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE announces publication of the first book of its researchers’ findings. Edited by the project director, Paul G. Harris, CLIMATE CHANGE AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY (New York: St. Martin’s Press/London: Macmillan Press) examines the actors, institutions, and ideas shaping US policy on climate change (global warming). The book begins by introducing the issue of climate change in the context of US foreign policy, before critically evaluating US policies and actions. It then analyzes the domestic and international politics of US climate change policy, covering such issues as science, the presidency and Congress, non-governmental organizations, diplomacy, and the international negotiations leading to the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The book concludes by looking at the role of international norms in shaping US climate change policy. The next book from the Project, THE ENVIRONMENT, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, which examines an array of environmental issues in the context of U.S. foreign policy, will be published by Georgetown University Press in February 2001. Phase II of the Project focuses on environmental change and East Asia. Look for our panels at the 2001 ISA convention in Chicago. For more information on the project, please contact Dr. Harris at pharris@ln.edu.hk.
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE & SECURITY PROJECT: New Annual Reports and Newsletters—The Environmental Change and Security Project produces a variety of different materials in its role as an information clearinghouse. Following are highlights of three new ECSP publications. Issue 6 of the Environmental Change and Security Project Report (Summer 2000) includes articles on: “Human Population and Environmental Stresses in the Twenty-first Century” by Richard Benedick; Oiling the Friction: Environmental Conflict Management in the Niger Delta, Nigeria” by Okechukwu Ibeanu; a National Intelligence Council (NIC) Estimate on infectious diseases and their impact on U.S. and international security; and an examination of the successes, constraints, and obstacles of integrated/linked programs on population and the environment by Denise Caudill. The Project has also published issue 3 of China Environment Series (1999/2000) with a focus on transportation issues in China. Third, the Project has published the March issues of PECS News, a tri-annual newsletter featuring reports from the field, meeting summaries, a book review, and news on the project on issues of Population, Environment and Security.
EES Members Contribute to Conference Proceedings Volume—On 14 May 1999, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars assembled a group of scholars and practitioners to discuss the similar challenges of pollution that undercut the marine ecosystems and the economic potential and health of surrounding human populations of the Baltic, Mediterranean, and Black Seas of Europe. Protecting Regional Seas: Developing Capacity and Fostering Environmental Cooperation in Europe, the conference proceedings volume, reflects the scholarship and debate featured at the conference and contains chapters that compare and analyze the state of environmental management in each of the three regions including the structure, funding, and effectiveness of each sea’s protection program. The report includes chapters by EES members Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Tamar Gutner, Miranda Shreurs, and Stacy D. VanDeveer. If you are interested in obtaining copies of any of these publications, please contact the Project at: Environmental Change and Security Project, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20004-3027; Tel: 202-691-4130; E-mail: ecspwwic@wwic.si.edu. Or you may visit the web site at: http://ecsp.si.edu.
HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa Forum at the Wilson Center, Washington, DC: On 20 September from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., ECSP will co-host with Dialogue, the Wilson Center’s radio voice, a Director’s Forum on HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. Forum panelists will be Ron Dellums, president, Healthcare International Management Company, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and former U.S. Congressman from California; Her Excellency Sheila Sisulu, ambassador from South Africa to the United States; and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health. The event will be covered live on WNVC, broadcast channel 56. For cable listings check www.worldviewtv.org. The Center will webcast the program live via streaming video. There will be a simultaneous webcast and students are encouraged to participate by submitting questions in advance to the web site at: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/NEWS/aids.htm.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Climate Change Secretariat has launched their “public” library website. The objective of the website is to link users of climate change information to resource providers. A key new feature are the links to the websites of all those involved in the UNFCCC process including: Parties of the Convention, Observer States, Accredited NGOs, IGO’s and UN and Specialized Agencies. Of special interest is the link to online resources such as: glossaries, newsletters, annual reports, full-text documents, climate change search engines and many other electronic tools. To locate the Library website, go to the UNFCCC website at: www.unfccc.int and click on “Resources”.
CALL FOR 700 WORD ECOPOLITICAL BOOK REVIEWS FOR ECOPOLITICS JOURNAL: This international journal is being produced by an Australasian editorial team at the University of Western Sydney (John Cameron, Debbie Horsfall, Peter Martin, Martin Mulligan, Judy Pinn). This is a call for book reviews of 700 words on ecopolitical themes. At this time, there are no books to send out, so please contact Kate Crowley below. A review submitted by the end of September will make the first issue; after that, the second issue. The journal has an Australasian focus, but is interested in cutting edge ecopolitical theoretical advances in general. For further details, contact Kate Crowley on 03 62262364 (Tasmania, Australia) or Kate.Crowley@utas.edu.au
ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON CASE STUDY TEACHING IN SCIENCE, October 6 and 7, 2000, University Inn and Conference Center, Buffalo, New York
See: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/conference/conference.html
Sponsored by the National Center for Case Study Teaching at the State University of New York at Buffalo with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts.
CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A Regional Science-Policy Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 17 – 19 February 2001. A conference for researchers, business leaders, policy analysts and decision-makers, natural resource managers and others concerned about sustainable development pathways in Southeast Asia. For information, see: Southeast Asian Regional Committee for START, http://www.icsea.or.id/sarcs2001/
TERI is initiating a debate on the potential for GHG mitigation with a special focus on Asia, and on the areas for co-operation with developed countries. Policy makers, experts, and stakeholders are invited and requested to send their views and comments by latest 20 September 2000. However, comments received after that date would still be welcomed. This discussion is a part of the project sponsored by US Department of Energy. Comments are invited on the general theme of GHG mitigation in Asia and specifically on the following possible points:
1. How would the CDM be used to undertake the identified mitigation options?
2. Which specific options would be preferred in terms of implementation or operationalisation?
3. What institutional frameworks would be required to be established?
Your views and comments would help enhance existing knowledge on the issues, opportunities, and activities related to climate change mitigation in the Asian region. Moreover, you would help us in our ongoing effort to build up this web site into a comprehensive resource base on climate change for Asia. The full text of the paper is available at: http://www.ccasia.teri.res.in/discuss/discuss.htm
GOT REINDEER? The “Proceedings of the Human Role in Reindeer/ Caribou Systems Workshop, Rovaniemi, Finland 1–14 February 1999” is hot off the press: See POLAR RESEARCH, Vol. 19. No. 1. from the Polar Research Institute, Tromso, Norway. Participants in the workshop will be receiving copies directly. Others may order a copy from The Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College, 6214 Fairchild Bldg., Hanover, NH 03755 USA. The cost is $30 (personal check or money order to Institute of Arctic Studies, please). Information about the workshop and ongoing research on the Human Role in Reindeer/Caribou Systems is maintained at www.rangifer.net.
ON THE WEB
INTERESTED IN THE ARCTIC? An Inventory of Circumpolar Arctic Sustainable Development Initiatives is now available. The path to sustainable development in the Arctic is more clearly marked with the release of the new Inventory of Circumpolar Arctic Sustainable Development Initiatives (ISDI). See http://www.grida.no/parl/isdi
PACIFIC INSTITUTE: New publications and resources from the Pacific Institute in Oakland, CA:
William C.G. Burns, “From the Harpoon to the Heat: Climate Change and the International Whaling Commission in the 21st Century” Â www.pacinst.org/climate.html
The World’s Water 2000-2001, www.worldwater.org (Executive summary and introduction chapter on the site, as well as all datasets from the book);
Peter Gleick, “The Changing Water Paradigm: A Look at Twenty-First Century Water Resource Development;” www.pacinst.org/waterpub.html;
Peter Gleick, “The Human Right to Water,” Www.pacinst.org/waterpub.html; “Selective Guide to Climate Change Resources on the Internet,” William C.G. Burns. Over 200 links to science, policy, and law resources on the Internet, updated weekly, www.pacinst.org/ccresource.html;
“Environmental Justice Resources on the Internet,” William C.G. Burns. Over 150 links to environmental justice resources on the Net, updated monthly, www.pacinst.org/ej.html;
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW AND POLICY: Table of Contents for Volume 3, #1 at: www.jiwlp.com. This issue is devoted to whaling issues. The full text of the European Union’s new position on the precautionary principle is available at www.jiwlp.com. “Biosafety Resources on the Internet,” updated every two weeks, with more than100 resources, at: www.jiwlp.com/resw.html; The first of a new serious of wildlife research bibliographies has been posted, on small cetaceans (small whales, dolphins, Porpoises). The searchable bibliography currently has more than 2500 peer-reviewed and gray literature citations and is updated every two months, at: www.jiwlp.com/cgi-bin/bibliog.cgi
GLOBAL COMMONS INSTITUTE: GCI has posted a document that foresees global climate damages exceeding GDP by 2060. Published in the journal ‘Environmental Finanace’ on the eve of their London and New York conference on ‘carbon finance’ – the article suggests how emissions trading may help to advance or to avoid that trend. This document is available at:Â http://www.gci.org.uk/DAMAGES/EnvFinance.pdf
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW–WILDLIFE INTEREST GROUP: The full text of the wildlife laws of 18 nations are now available on the site, www.eelink.net/~asilwildlife/docs.html; The full text of the resolutions from the 52nd Meeting of the International Whaling Commission is now ALSO available on the site.
GREENER MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL (GMI), Issue 28, is a special theme issue: ‘ISO 14001: CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES” Edited by Ruth Hillary (Network for Environmental Management and Auditing, UK). A limited number of individual copies of this special issue are available for purchase at the price of £25.00/$45.00. Shipping costs are gratis worldwide. To read the abstracts of individual papers, see: www.greenleaf-publishing.com. Click on the journal cover and then go to ‘Current Issue’.
DOMESTIC CLIMATE POLICIES: Through the Annex I Expert Group, the OECD and the IEA are organising a series of roundtables on good practice in domestic climate policies. The OECD website has recently been updated to include new information on the Stationary Energy Supply and the Transport sectors. Each site includes an overview paper and papers or presentation from selected OECD country government representatives. http://www.oecd.org/env/cc/domestic_energy.htm http://www.oecd.org/env/cc/domestic_transport.htm
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING: The KPMG
International Survey of Environmental Reporting 1999 can be downloaded from the following website: www.wimm.nl/ukindex.htm  (choose ‘Publications’). The research was carried out by KPMG and the Institute for Environmental Management (WIMM), University of Amsterdam. The report contains sections on environmental reporting by the Fortune global 250, environmental reporting by the top 100 companies in 11 countries and on verification of environmental reports.
GLOBAL CHANGE, on-line version, at: http://www.globalchange.org/current.htm
CLIMATE CHANGE, at: http://www.ClimateArk.org/
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: SD-ONLINE databases, with 657 links, at: http://susdev.eurofound.ie. You can sign up for e-mail updates at: http://susdev.eurofound.ie/signup/
NATURAL DISASTER DATABASE & INFORMATION, at:
http://www.md.ucl.ac.be/cred/.
http://www.Colorado.edu/hazards/
IDEALIST AND ACTION WITHOUT BORDERS NEWSLETTER: To see previous issues, or to subscribe or unsubscribe, see: http://www.idealist.org/newsletter.html.
ON-LINE TEACHING MATERIALS ON THE LAW OF THE EU, WORLD TRADE, AND OTHER TOPICS FROM THE JEAN MONNET CHAIR AT HARVARD, at:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/Programs/JeanMonnet/
RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE “WEATHERVANE,” at: http://www.weathervane.rff.org
LAND USE & GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: Forests, Land Management, and the Kyoto Protocol, Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change by Bernhard Schlamadinger and Gregg Marland, at:
http://www.pewclimate.org/projects/land_use.html
FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS ON GLOBAL WARMING: “The Climate Crisis and Carbon Trading” by Ross Gelbspan, at: http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol5/v5n20climate.html
“CO2LONIALISM – Norwegian Tree Plantations, Carbon Credits and Land Conflicts in Uganda” is available at the web site of the the Future in our hands (Norwatch), at: http://www.fivh.no/norwatch/english/eng_norw.htm
CARBON DIOXIDE INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER: CDIAC Communications (Summer 2000, Issue No. 27) is available in PDF at: http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/.
STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, TBILISI: Tbilisi needs to develop a city environmental action plan to address urgent problems related to urban land use, green spaces, and water supply programs, concludes the State of the Environment 2000 Report issued by the United Nations Environment Programme’s office, GRID-Tbilisi. The report is available at http://ceroi.net/reports/tbilisi/.
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM: A World Resources Institute Climate Note, “Designing the Clean Development Mechanism to Meet the Needs of a Broad Range of Interests,” by Kevin Baumert and Nancy Kete with Christiana Figueres, is available from the WRI website at http://www.wri.org/cdm/
NEW BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
Matthew R. Auer, “The Concept of Scale in Environmental Affairs: Tools for Teachers,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2000: 95-104.
Steven Bernstein and Benjamin Cashore. 2000. “Globalization, Four Paths of Internationalization and Domestic Policy Change: The Case of Ecoforestry in British Columbia, Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 33 1:67-99.
Hans Günter Brauch, Antonio Marquina, and Abdelwahab Biad (eds.), with the language assistance of Peter H. Liotta, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership for the Twenty-First Century (London/New York: Macmillan/St. Martin’s, 2000).
Pamela Chasek, ed. The Global Environment in the 21st Century: Prospects for International Cooperation, Tokyo: UNU Press, 2000.
Elisabeth Corell, and L.E. Susskind, “Do international environmental summits and conventions make a difference? Improvements for the international treaty-making system”, Currents, no. 22, June 2000, pp. 4-9.
Elisabeth Corell, “International Environmental Agreements: Scientist and NGO involvement”, Currents, no. 22, June 2000, pp. 20-23.
Simon Dalby, “Geopolitics and Ecology: Rethinking the Contexts of
Environmental Security” in Miriam Lowi and Brian Shaw (eds) Environment and Security: Discourses and Practices (London: Macmillan, 2000), pp. 84-100.
Simon Dalby, “Environmental Insecurity: Nature as Geopolitical Threat” in Jose V. Ciprut (ed.) Of Fears and Foes: Complex Interactive Dimensions of Insecurity in an Evolving Global Political Economy (New York: Praeger, 2000), pp. 79-98.
Simon Dalby, “Globalizing Environment: Culture, Ontology and Critique” in Hans Koechler (ed.) Democracy versus Globality: The Changing Nature of International Relations in the Era of Globalization (Vienna: International Progress Organization and
Jamahir Society for Culture and Philosophy, 2000), pp. 165-184.
Elizabeth R. DeSombre, Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy: Industry, Environmentalists, and U.S. Power (MIT Press, 2000).
Robert Gibson, Voluntary Initiatives, the New Politics of Corporate Greening (Broadview Press, 2000).
Paul G. Harris, “Defining International Distributive Justice: Environmental Considerations.” INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 15, 2 (August 2000).
Anita Krajnc, “The Art of Green Learning: From Protest Music to Media Mind Bombs,” International Politics: A Journal of Transnational Issues and Global Problems, Vol. 37, No. 1, March 2000, pp. 19-40.
Anita Krajnc, “Wither Ontarios Environment? Neoconservatism and the Decline of the Environment Ministry,” Canadian Public Policy, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, 2000, pp. 111-127.
Jonathan Krueger (2000), “Information in Global Environmental Governance: The Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Trade in Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides”, ENRP Discussion Paper, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; available at http://environment.harvard.edu/gea/pubsbytype.html.
Jonathan Krueger (2000), “The Basel Convention and the International Trade in Hazardous Wastes”, in H.O. Bergesen, G. Parmann, and Ø.B. Thommessen (eds), Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 2001 (London: Earthscan Publications).
James Lee, Exploring the Gaps: Vital Links Between Trade, Culture and the Environment (West Hartford, CT; Kumarian Press, 2000). See: http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/culture/index.htm
Miriam Lowi and Brian Shaw (eds) Environment and Security: Discourses and Practices (London: Macmillan, 2000).
Axel Michaelowa and Michael Dutschke (eds): Climate policy and development, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2000.
Arthur P.J. Mol and David A. Sonnenfeld, eds. 2000. ECOLOGICAL
MODERNISATION AROUND THE WORLD: PERSPECTIVES AND CRITICAL DEBATES. Frank Cass: London and Portland.
Katsuhiko Mori, “A Notable Success or Too Many Loopholes? Japan and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change,” (Washington, D.C.: Goergetown University ISD, 2000) Pew Case Studies in International Affairs, No. 225. ISBN 1-56927-225-5.
Kate O’Neill, Waste Trading Among Rich Nations: Building a New Theory of Environmental Regulation, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2000.
Gareth Porter, Janet Welsh Brown and Pamela Chasek. Global Environmental Politics, third edition. Boulder: Westview Press (September 2000).
Aseem Prakash, Greening the Firm: The Politics of Corporate Environmentalism (Cambridge University Press, 2000).
Aseem Prakash, A New-Institutionalist Perspective on ISO 14000 and Responsible Care,” Business Strategy and the Environment 8:322-335.
Nicolas de Sadeleer , Les principes du pollueur-payeur, de prévention et de précaution, collection Universités francophones, Bruxelles, Bruylant/ Agence universitaire francophone, 1999, 437 p, ISBN 2-8027-1296-9; 300 french fr. for Europe, North America and Japan; 60 french fr. for other countries; Diffusion Hachette or Ellipses
Jon Birger Skjærseth, North Sea cooperation: Linking international and domestic pollution control (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000).
Dimitris Stevis & Valerie Assetto (eds.), The International Political Economy of the Environment: Critical Perspectives (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2000).
When considering the nature of environmental problems, many scholars and practitioners assume that—while there may be disagreement about solutions—we know what the problems are. In contrast, the authors of this volume investigate the framing of both problems and solutions to clarify the particular political dynamics and preferences that they reflect and legitimate. They test their analytical tools on the real world of international environmental politics, combining theory with empirical research.
All of the chapters raise theoretical questions at the core of research and policymaking that values social equity and environmental health. In combination, they tell a cohesive, substantive story about the IPE of the environment at the beginning of the third millennium.
Contents:
1. Introduction: Problems and Solutions in the International
Political Economy of the Environment—the Editors.
THE POLITICS OF GLOBAL POLICYMAKING.
2. Posing Global Environmental Problems from Conservation to Sustainable Development—R. Irwin.
3. In Search of Global Standards: The Political Economy of Trade and the Environment—M.Williams.
4. International Environmental Politics and the Internationalization of the State: The Cases of Climate Change and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment—D.Egan and D. Levy.
5. Environmental NGOs, TNCs, and the Question of Governance—P. Newell.
POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE SOUTH.
6. Tragedy for the Commons: The Enclosure and Commodification of Knowledge—M.A.L.Miller.
7. Global Change and the Political Economy of Sustainable Development in Brazil—V. de Campos Mello.
8. Development and Risk: Environmental Discourse and Danger in Dominican and Cuban Urban Watersheds—B. Lynch.
THEORETICAL CHALLENGES.
9. A Critical Approach to Institutional and Environmental
Effectiveness: Lessons from the Convention on Long- Range Transboundary Air Pollution—G. Kutting.
10. International Political Economy and the Environment: A Radical Ecological Perspective—E.Laferriere.
11. Commentary: Some Reflections on International Political Economy of the Environment Question —F. Buttel.
12. Commentary: The International Political Economy of the Environment and the Subpolitical Domain—T. Luke.
13. Conclusion: History and Purpose in the International Political Economy of the Environment—the Editors. IPE Yearbooks, Vol. 12, October 2000/300 Pages
ISBN: 1-55587-922-5 HC $55.00
ISBN: 1-55587-980-2 PB $22.00
LC: 00-042553
JOBS, FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT UC-SANTA CRUZ: The Politics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position in International Relations. Candidates must have demonstrated expertise in the international politics of political economy. The department especially welcomes candidates whose research and teaching interests include competence in comparative Asian politics and political economy. Candidates should be prepared to teach courses consistent with the Politics Department’s undergraduate and graduate programs and the candidate’s areas of specialization. The campus is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through their research, teaching and/or service. APPLY TO: Applicants should submit a letter of application which describes their research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae or placement dossier, three letters of recommendation (all letters will be treated as confidential), samples of current research and written work, copies of teaching evaluations and course syllabi to: Department of Politics, IPE Search Committee, 23 Merrill College , University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Please refer to position #304 in your reply. CLOSING DATE: All materials must be postmarked by October 30, 2000. See also: http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/academic.htm#304
ENERGY & RESOURCES GROUP, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY SEEKS CANDIDATES FOR TENURE-TRACK PROFESSOR IN ENERGY SOCIOLOGY/ ECOLOGY: The Energy and Resources Group (ERG) at the University of California, Berkeley seeks a Ph.D. in sociology, or anthropology, or geography or a related discipline to be an Environmental and Development Sociology Professor, whose emphasis is on the social dimensions of energy, resources and/or the environment to fill a junior faculty, tenure track position. ERG is a graduate program comprising natural and social scientists engaged in a multidisciplinary program of research, education, and public service on the social, economic, technical, and scientific dimensions of energy, resources, and the environment. The appointee will stay abreast of a broad range of social developments related to the program, undertake specific research (for example, on resource extraction conflicts, social movements, environmental justice, etc.), and seek an integrative perspective. Deadline for receipt is October 15, 2000. A curriculum vitae, a letter articulating the scope of the applicants interest in and qualifications for this position, and a dossier including three letters of recommendation, should be sent to Chair of the Social Science Search Committee, Energy and Resources Group, MC #3050, University of California at Berkeley, 310 Barraows Hall, Berkeley, California 94720-3050. ph. 510-642-1640, Fax 510-642-1085, website http://socrates.berkeley.edu/erg
WOODROW WILSON CENTER: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announces the opening of its 2001-2002 Fellowship competition. The Center awards academic year residential fellowships to individuals with outstanding project proposals in the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Projects should have relevance to the world of public policy and Fellows are expected to interact with policymakers in Washington and with Center staff who are working on similar issues. Fellows are provided offices, access to the Library of Congress, computers or manuscript typing services, and research assistants. Applicants from any country and from a wide variety of disciplines are invited to apply. For eligibility requirements and application guidelines and to download an application please visit our web site at or write to: Scholar Selection and Services Office, Woodrow Wilson Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004-3027; E-mail: Tel: (202)691-4170; Fax: (202) 691-4001. The application deadline is October 1, 2000.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, BIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST: The University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Anthropology, seeks a biocultural anthropologist for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2001. They are looking for a scholar with a strong theoretical focus on the application of Darwinian theory to human behavior and a commitment to empirical field research with a quantitative orientation. Possible specializations include, but are not limited to, human behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, and biological approaches to culture. Preference will be given to someone working with small-scale indigenous groups including foragers. Ph.D. required at the time of appointment. The deadline for application is November 30, 2000. A complete application should include a vita, a letter describing current and future research directions, copies of your publications, and 3 letters of recommendation sent directly from referees. Send to Search Committee Chair, Department of Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3210.
CARLETON UNIVERSITY, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Assistant Professor. The Department of Political Science at Carleton College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position in comparative politics. The department has an interest in candidates with expertise in the politics of comparative and international environmental movements, regimes, policy-making, organizations, and parties. A regional specialty in Eastern Europe, the post-Soviet Republics, or Southern Asia is preferred but candidates with other regional interests (excluding Latin America, China, and East Asia) are also invited to apply. Candidates should be prepared to teach courses in comparative environmental politics and public policy or international environmental law and politics in addition to the introduction to comparative politics and thematic courses consistent with the candidate’s breadth of expertise. Carleton is a selective liberal arts college of 1,800 students located 35 miles south of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota. Normal teaching load is two courses per term during our three-term academic year. Ph.D. or its imminent completion required. In extraordinary circumstances, hiring at a higher level might be considered. Send cover letter describing teaching and research interests, vitae, writing samples and reference letters to: S. Schier, Chair, Department of Political Science, Carleton College, One North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057, by November 8, 2000. Carleton College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and we particularly encourage applications from qualified women and minorities.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY: The College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University in Bloomington, is looking for a demographer with strong interests in environmental change to hold a tenure-track faculty appointment in either Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, or Sociology and a close research relationship with the NSF-funded Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC). Candidates should be interested in, and have skills relevant to, the study of the impact of population at local, regional, or national scale. The College is interested in a scholar with Ph.D. in hand. Deadline for application is October 15, 2000. Send a letter of application, curriculum vita, copies of reprints, and names of referees to Dr. George Alter, Chair, CIPEC Population and Environment Search Committee, Indiana University, 408 North Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47408. Inquire via email to Joanna Broderick, Search Coordinator, at email jtbroder@indiana.edu. A description of the research activities of CIPEC can be found at http://www.cipec.org,
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CHAIR OF ENVIRONMENT: The Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University is seeking to fill an endowed chair, the Max McGraw Professorship of Management and the Environment. Candidates for this position should display a distinguished record of research, a commitment to excellence in teaching, and a dedication to the exploration of the relationships between modern corporations and the environment. The successful candidate will be expected to develop courses for the MBA curriculum dealing with these concerns, to conduct and publish research in this area, to provide leadership for the school and the university with regard to environmental stewardship, and to act as the bridge between Kellogg and other organizations. The appointment will be at the level of full professor and it will begin no later than September, 2001. The deadline for the receipt of applications is November, 2000. Salary will be competitive and will depend on the qualifications of the successful candidate. The search committee urges qualified women and minority scholars to apply. Interested individuals should send a letter and a curriculum vitae to the search committee chair Professor David Messick, Department of Management and Organizations Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208-2011. See http://www.kellogg.nwu.edu/
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, NONPROFIT SECTOR RESEARCH FUND of The Aspen Institute: The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, a program of The Aspen Institute, seeks to expand understanding of nonprofit activities through the support of high-quality research undertaken by scholars and practitioners. The Fund provides two types of grant awards: 1) Grants of up to $50,000 to support research by any eligible applicant; 2) Grants of up to $20,000 to support graduate students engaged in doctoral dissertation research. In exceptional cases, the Fund may award grants larger than $50,000.
In 2000, the Fund invites proposals for research focused on the following priority areas:
– Cross-sector Comparisons
– Market-Oriented Activity of Nonprofits and Philanthropy
– Impact of Welfare Reform and Other Public Policy Changes on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and the People They Serve
– Nonprofit Advocacy and Civic Participation
– Performance and Accountability of Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Proposals are also invited for NSRF’s Model Applied Research Initiative (MARI), which supports applied research that is of immediate, practical value to nonprofit managers and leaders. Proposals for these grants must be postmarked by October 2, 2000. The full text of the 2000 proposal guidelines and application form are available on the Web at www.nonprofitresearch.org. Interested applicants may also request proposal guidelines and application information by providing NSRF with complete address information at (202) 736-5838 or via e-mail at nsrf@aspeninstitute.org.
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FELLOWSHIPS: The Environmental Leadership Program is a highly experiential and innovative national initiative that aims to build the leadership capacity
of the environmental movement’s most promising professionals. ELP is offering fellowships to 20-30 individuals. Fellows receive intensive training, institutional support, and mentoring for a three-year period. Fellows gain access to funding to pursue further skills training and develop new projects. Applicants for the fellowships must commit to participating in four retreats — two the first year and one in each subsequent year. ELP will
provide each fellow with a modest participation stipend and will pay all travel costs to and from the retreats. While the fellowship requires regular participation throughout the year, fellows are expected to continue in their full-time jobs or studies. Applications available on-line. For more information, contact:
Environmental Leadership Program
P.O. Box 446, Haydenville, MA 01039 USA
Tel: 413.268.0035 Fax: 413.268.0036
URL:
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL: The Global Security and Cooperation Program of the Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce two new funding opportunities. The Fellowship on Conflict, Peace, & Social Transformations provides 1-2 years of support for training and research at the doctoral and professional levels. The deadline for this fellowship competition is January 12, 2001. Grants for Research Collaboration in Conflict Zones are for a period up to 6 months and focus on countries experiencing longstanding or widespread conflict. The deadline for submission for this grant is February 1, 2001. Both Competitions are open to scholars, activists, and practitioners. Information can be found at: http://www.ssrc.org/fcom40.htm.
REQUESTS
ERIKA WEITHAL (Tel Aviv University) is looking for information dealing with environmental reparations/compensation. I am actually wondering if there is any precedence for this. Are there any states that have had to compensate another state, political entity or group for damages caused to a shared resource. I am thinking of interstate resources or resources that were used by an occupier. Off the top of my head, I can think of Iraq and Kuwait. I am more interested, however, in water examples such as one state/ occupier overusing a shared aquifer or polluting another state/ political entity’s water resource. I know this raises all kinds of questions of justice and fairness. If anyone can point me in the right direction concerning this literature (especially within environmental law, negotiations, or ethics), I would be thankful. Contact Erika at erikaw@post.tau.ac.il.
SHIN-WHA LEE sends the following request: The Ilmin International Relations Institute at Korea University is currently conducting the Environmental Security in East Asia project. The objective of the project is to review and examine major environmental security issues in East Asia. The project is one of the three projects sponsored by the United Nations University (UNU) under the title of Non-Traditional Security Issues in East Asia. Dr. Ramesh Thakur, Vice Rector of UNU, is Project Head. In this connection, we are looking for a female scholar whose research focuses on marine/air pollution in East Asia & related regional environmental cooperation. Please contact her at: swlee@korea.ac.kr
MICHAEL MANIATES tells us: I’ll be in Osaka, Japan, in early April 2001, and I’ll have perhaps 20 or 30 U.S. undergraduate students of global environmental politics with me. I’m looking to arrange a meeting/visit/conversation between my students and informed Japanese observers of domestic (i.e. Japanese) and international environmental politics. It would be nice, for example, if my students and I could sit down for a few hours and chat with a Japanese professor of global environmental politics and his/her students, to get a Japanese perspective on the issues we’ll have already discussed in our course. Some sort of meeting and discussion with Japanese environmental professionals/activists about the current state of environmental politics and policy in Japan would also be great. You get the idea….the only constraint is that I need to make this happen in or near the Osaka area. Japan, however, is not my area. Might anyone have suggestions as to folks or groups that I might contact to begin exploring possible arrangements? Contact MM at: mmaniate@allegheny.edu
LOST MEMBERS! The e-mails for the following keep getting bounced back to me. Can you help locate them?
Brian Wright (Kent State?)
Robert Falkner (Oxford?)
Andrew Mark Dornan (UK?)
Andreas Obser (Konstanz)
