Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: governing the international environment / Regina Axelrod, Stacy D. VanDeveer and Norman J. Vig -- Global institutions and the environment : an evolutionary perspective / Marvin S. Soroos -- Environmental protection in the twenty-first century : the role of international law / Jacqueline Peel -- Global environmental policy : governance through regimes / David Leonard Downie -- The role of environmental NGOs in international regimes / John McCormick -- International climate change policy : towards the multilevel governance of global warming / Michele M. Betsill -- Global politics and policy of hazardous chemicals / Henrik Selin -- Economic integration and environmental protection / Daniel C. Esty -- Compliance with global environmental policy / Michael Faure and Jürgen Lefevere -- The United States and global environmental politics : domestic sources of U.S. unilateralism / Elizabeth R. DeSombre -- Environmental policy-making in the European Union system -- The view from the south : developing countries in global environmental politics / Adil Najam -- Energy and environment in China : achievements and enduring challenges / Joanna I. Lewis and Kelly Sims Gallagher -- Democracy and nuclear power : the Czech case and the global nuclear renaissance / Regina S. Axelrod -- Consumption, commodity chains, and the global environment / Stacy D. VanDeveer.