This long-awaited two-volume book examines how the interplay of ideas and
actions applied to environmental problems has laid the foundations for global
environmental management. It looks at how ideas, interests, and institutions
affect management practice; how management capabilities in other areas affect
the ability to deal with specific environmental issues; and how learning affects
society's approach to the global environment.The book focuses on efforts to deal
with climate change, ozone depletion, and acid rain from 1957 (The International
Geophysical Year) through 1992 (the UN Conference on Environment and
Development). The settings include Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the
Netherlands, the former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United