Anarchy and the Environment examines how the recognition of environmental
limits, combined with the ability of states to degrade common environmental
resources, affects the strategies and bargaining power of particular groups
involved in international environmental negotiations. The contributors examine a
wide range of environmental issues, including fisheries management, ozone
depletion, acid rain, and water consumption rights, offering important practical
insights into environmental negotiations and bargaining. Anarchy and the
Environment also offers an important theoretical contribution by challenging the
conventional explanations of bargaining dynamics and the resolution of
collective action problems in international environmental politics. This book
analyzes these problems and uses them as means to evaluate and expand upon
common