Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : governing the global environmnet / Regina S. Axelrod and Stacy D. VanDeveer -- Architects, agitators, and entrepreneurs : international and nongovernmental organizations in global environmental politics / Kate O'Neill -- International law and the protection of the global environment / Jacqueline Peel -- International environmental regimes and the success of global ozone policy / David Leonard Downie -- Compliance with global environmental policy : climate change and ozone layer cases / Michael G. Faure and Jürgen Lefevere -- Domestic sources of U.S. unilateralism / Elizabeth R. DeSombre -- Environmental policy making and global leadership in the European Union / Regina S. Axelrod and Miranda A. Schreurs -- Energy and environment in China : national and global challenges / Joanna I. Lewis and Kelly Dims Gallagher.

The view from the South : developing countries in global environmental politics / Adil Najam -- International climate change policy : complex multilevel governance / Michele M. Betsill -- Global politics and policy on hazardous chemicals / Henrik Selin -- Global biodiversity governance : genetic resources, species, and ecosystems / G. Kristin Rosendal -- Democracy and the global nuclear renaissance : from the Czech Republic to Fukushima / Regina S. Axelrod -- Free trade and environmental protection / Daniel C. Esty -- Consumption, commodity chains, and global and local environments / Stacy D. VanDeveer.