Reforming international environmental governance: An institutionalist critique of the proposal for a World Environment Organisation

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 359-381

  Oberthür, Sebastian ^a   Gehring, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co operation theory; Global governance; International environmental governance; International institutions; Multilateral environmental agreements; Regime theory; World Environment Organisation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 13644274221     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-004-3095-6     Document Type: Review

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