17.441 | Fall 2007 | Undergraduate, Graduate

International Politics and Climate Change

Readings

Other References

Additional References

Andreae, Meinrat O., and Robert E. Dickinson. “Sustainability and the Changing Atmosphere: Assessing Changes in Chemical and Physical Climate.” In Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations. Edited by Mohan Munasinghe and Walter Shearer. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1995. ISBN: 9780821331347.

Carraro, Carlo. “Climate Change Policy: Models, Controversies and Strategies.” In The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2002/2003: A Survey of Current Issues. Edited by Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmers. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2002. ISBN: 9781840649499.

Dasgupta, Susmita, et al. “The Choice of Regulatory Instruments in Environmental Policy.” In Economics of the Environment. 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.

Fullerton, Don, and Robert N. Stavins. “How Economists See the Environment.” In Economics of the Environment. 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.

Hardin, Garrett. “Paramount Positions in Ecological Economics.” In Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability. Edited by Robert Costanza and Lisa Wainger. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780231075626.

Holdren, John P., Gretchen C. Daily, and Paul R. Ehrlich. 1995. “The Meaning of Sustainability: Biogeophysical Aspects.” In Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations. Edited by Mohan Munasinghe and Walter Shearer. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1995. ISBN: 9780821331347.

Keohane, Nathaniel O., Richard L. Revesz, and Robert N. Stavins. “The Choice of Regulatory Instruments in Environmental Policy.” In Economics of the Environment. 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.

Buy at MIT Press Levy, David, and Peter J. Newell, eds. The Business of Global Environmental Governance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780262621885.

Tietenberg, Tom H. “Economic Instruments for Environmental Regulation.” In Economics of the Environment. 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.

Assigned in Readings by Session

Barzel, Yoram. Economic Analysis of Property Rights. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780521597135.

Clark, Ian. Globalization and International Relations Theory. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780198782100.

Buy at MIT Press Choucri, Nazli, ed. Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Response. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780262531344.

Buy at MIT Press Haas, Peter M., with Jan Sundgren. “Evolving International Environmental Law: Changing Practices of National Sovereignty.” In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Hardin, Garrett. “The Tragedy of the Commons.” In Economics of the Environment. 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.

Metrick, Andrew, and Martin L. Weitzman. “Conflicts and Choices in Biodiversity Preservation.” In Economics of the Environment. 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.

Holling, C. S. “Sustainability: The Cross-Scale Dimension.” In Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations. Edited by Mohan Munasinghe and Walter Shearer. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 1995. ISBN: 9780821331347.

Jacoby, Henry D., et al. “Kyoto’s Unfinished Business.” In Economics of the Environment. 5th ed. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.

Kates, Robert W. “Population, Technology, and the Human Environment: A Thread Through Time.” In Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment. Edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780309051330.

Buy at MIT Press Litfin, Karen T. “The Greening of Sovereignty: An Introduction.” In The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics. Edited by Karen T. Litfin. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780262621236.

Buy at MIT Press Lofdahl, Corey L. Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade: A Systems Study. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780262122450.

Ostrom, Elinor. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780521405997.

———. “New Horizons in Institutional Analysis.” American Political Science Review 89, no. 1 (1995): 174-178.

Sands, Philippe. “International Law in the Field of Sustainable Development: Emerging Legal Principles.” In Sustainable Development and International Law. Edited by Winfried Lang. Boston, MA: Graham & Trotman/Martinus Nijhoff, 1995. ISBN: 9781859661796.

Buy at MIT Press Skolnikoff, Eugene B. “Science and Technology: The Sources of Change.” In Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. Edited by Nazli Choucri. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780262032001.

Buy at MIT Press Tester, Jefferson W., Elisabeth M. Drake, Michael J. Driscoll, Michael W. Golay, and William A. Peters, eds. Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262201537.

Vitousek, Peter M., Harold A. Mooney, Jane Lubchenco, and Jerry M. Melillo. “Human Domination of Earth’s Ecosystems.” Science New Series 277, no. 5325 (July 25, 1997): 494-499.

Wernick, Iddo K., Robert Herman, Shekhar Govind, and Jesse H. Ausubel. “Materialization and Dematerialization: Measures and Trends.” In Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment. Edited by Jesse H. Ausubel and H. Dale Langford. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780309051330.