The Global Commons

This new and updated edition is essential for those wanting tounderstand the limits to collective action on global environmentalproblems. It develops and applies the tools of regime analysis tothe question of how the various global commons are, or fail to be,governed effectively.

Since the publication of the first edition of The Global Commonsthere have been many developments particularly in the area ofclimate change and sustainable development e.g. Agenda 21. This newedition has been extensively re-written and expanded to take intoaccount recent developments and includes new conclusions on theconnections between global and local commons. Involving the firstsystematic comparative analysis of governance regimes, the bookcovers:

* The Third Law of the Sea Convention, the deep seabed, whaling andmarine pollution regimes

* Antarctica and the Madrid Protocol on EnvironmentalProtection

* Outer space regimes for weapons, the operation of satellites andthe emerging problem of orbital debris

* The global atmosphere, the Montreal Protocol for the protectionof the stratospheric ozone layer and the developing climate changeregime and the Kyoto Protocol.

The first edition received widespread praise eg "a comprehensiveand incisive review of much relevant scholarship and case studymaterial" (Area) and "a must for every reading list" (Progress inHuman Geography) and this latest volume will also be invaluable forresearchers and students of politics, environmental management,international relations and political geography.Die Ozeane, die Antarktis, der Weltraum und die Atmosphäre sind keiner Regierung unterstellt, aber ihr Zustand ist wichtig für Überleben der Menschheit. So erhebt sich die Frage, wie die rund 180 Staaten der Erde zusammenarbeiten können, um diese Allgemeingüter zu schützen und zu erhalten. Diese erste systematische, vergleichende Analyse der staatenlosen Regionen erfaßt gesetzliche Regelungen, die unter anderem die Ozeane, das Südpolargebiet, Müll auf Erdumlaufbahnen, die Ozonschicht und Klimaveränderungen betreffen. (03/00) Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

International Agreements on the Global Commons

Abbreviations and Acronyms

1 The Governance of the Commons

The Nature of the Commons

The Global Commons

The 'Tragedy of the Commons'

Governance and Regimes

Notes

2 Regime Analysis

Issue Areas

Actors

Principles and Norms

Decision-making Procedures

Rules

Regime Change

Notes

3 The Oceans

The Law of the Sea

Whaling

Marine Pollution

The Deep Seabed

Summary

Notes

4 Antarctica

The Antarctic Treaty System -
A Single Regime

Principles and Norms

Organization and Procedures

Rules

Monitoring and Enforcement

Scientific Activity

Summary

Notes

5 Outer Space

The Space Commons and Space Law

Military Uses

Environment and Space Debris

Information Flow

Orbit and Spectrum

Summary

Notes

6 The Atmosphere

Stratospheric Ozone

Climate Change

Summary

Notes

7 Regime Effectiveness

Effectiveness as International Law

Effectiveness as Transfer of Authority

Effectiveness as Behaviour Modification

Effectiveness as Problem Solving

Regime Assessment

Notes

8 Explaining Regime Incidence and Change

Structural Explanations

Utilitarian Explanations

Plural Interests and Values

Changing Cognitions -
Epistemic Communities

A Synthesis?

Notes

9 Conclusion

Global and Local Commons

Multi-layer Governance

Notes

References

Index

"... a welcome revision of a valuable book...." (Aslib Book Guide, August 2000)

John Vogler is the author of The Global Commons: Environmental and Technological Governance, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley. The global commons - the oceans, Antarctica, outer space and the atmosphere - are critical to the survival of human kind. Yet, they are, by definition, beyond the control of any government. How, then, can the governments of some 180 or more sovereign states co-operate effectively to protect and sustain the often fragile environment of the commons? This book develops and applies the tools of regime analysis to the question of how the various global commons are, or fail to be, governed effectively. The new edition has been extensively re-written and expanded to take into account recent developments and includes a new conclusion on the connections between global and local commons. Involving the first systematic comparative analysis of governance regimes The Global Commons covers:
* The Third Law of the Sea Convention, the deep seabed, whaling and marine pollution regimes
* Antarctica and the Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection
* Outer space regimes for weapons, the operation of satellites and the emerging problem of orbital debris
* The global atmosphere, the Montreal Protocol for the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer and the developing climate change regime and the Kyoto Protocol
Reviews of the first edition noted that The Global Commons: is '... an invaluable reference point for students of international resource issues ...' International Affairs is '... an important book for students of politics, environmental management, international relations and political geography.' Geographical Journal '... should be studied by all those who want to understand the limits to collective action on global environmental problems and is a must for every reading list associated with courses on the society-nature interface.' Progress in Human Geography and '... as a comprehensive and incisive review of much relevant scholarship and case study material, this book should find its way on to core reading lists for environmental management.' Area