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Michael Mason - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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civil liability for oil pollution damage examining the evolving scope for environmental compensation in the International Regime
Marine Policy, 2003Co-Authors: Michael MasonAbstract:The civil liability Regime for ship-source oil pollution enables national victims of oil spill damage to make financial claims against domestic and non-domestic tanker owners and, in certain circumstances, the global oil cargo industry. This paper examines the evolving--and contested--parameters of environmental liability set by the International oil pollution liability conventions, focusing on the admissibility of reinstatement costs and the geographical scope of compensation norms. It concludes that although the liability Regime can be applauded for its equitable consideration of environmental claims, this is restricted by a narrow definition of damage and national boundaries of entitlement. Oil pollution harm to collective ecological interests represents a key challenge to the liability framework.
Sylvain Meunier - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The politics of International Regime complexity
Perspectives on Politics, 2009Co-Authors: Karen J Alter, Sylvain MeunierAbstract:The increasing density of International Regimes has contributed to the proliferation of overlap across agreements, conflicts among International obligations, and confusion regarding what International and bilateral obligations cover an issue. This symposium examines the consequences of this “International Regime complexity” for subsequent politics.What analytical insights can be gained by thinking about any single agreement as being embedded in a larger web of International rules and Regimes? Karen Alter and SophieMeunier’s introductory essay defines International Regime complexity and identifies the mechanisms through which it may influence the politics of International cooperation. Short contributions analyze howInternational Regime complexity affects politics in specific issue areas: trade (ChristinaDavis), linkages between human rights and trade (EmilieHafner-Burton), intellectual prop- erty (LaurenceHelfer), security politics (StephanieHofmann), refugee politics (Alexander Betts), and election monitoring ( Judith Kelley).DanielDrezner concludes by arguing that International Regime complexity maywell benefit the powerful more than others.
Karen J Alter - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the rise of International Regime complexity
Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 2018Co-Authors: Karen J Alter, Kal RaustialaAbstract:The signature feature of twenty-first-century International cooperation is arguably not the Regime but the Regime complex. A Regime complex is an array of partially overlapping and nonhierarchical ...
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The politics of International Regime complexity
Perspectives on Politics, 2009Co-Authors: Karen J Alter, Sylvain MeunierAbstract:The increasing density of International Regimes has contributed to the proliferation of overlap across agreements, conflicts among International obligations, and confusion regarding what International and bilateral obligations cover an issue. This symposium examines the consequences of this “International Regime complexity” for subsequent politics.What analytical insights can be gained by thinking about any single agreement as being embedded in a larger web of International rules and Regimes? Karen Alter and SophieMeunier’s introductory essay defines International Regime complexity and identifies the mechanisms through which it may influence the politics of International cooperation. Short contributions analyze howInternational Regime complexity affects politics in specific issue areas: trade (ChristinaDavis), linkages between human rights and trade (EmilieHafner-Burton), intellectual prop- erty (LaurenceHelfer), security politics (StephanieHofmann), refugee politics (Alexander Betts), and election monitoring ( Judith Kelley).DanielDrezner concludes by arguing that International Regime complexity maywell benefit the powerful more than others.
Ian H. Rowlands - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Ancillary impacts of energy-related climate change mitigation options in Africa’s least developed countries
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2011Co-Authors: Ian H. RowlandsAbstract:This article analyses the debate associated with the ancillary impacts of climate change mitigation options in developing countries, with a particular focus upon Africa’s 34 least developed countries. While these countries’ emissions of greenhouse gases are relatively small (and they do not have emission limitation commitments in the current International Regime), inattention to the mitigation agenda would mean that developing countries both miss potential funding opportunities and fail to ‘climate-proof’ their development strategies. A focus, therefore, upon the short-term, local, developmental impacts that serve to change the relative attractiveness of different mitigation options from the perspective of the developing country is in these countries’ current strategic interests. In this article, I examine three energy-related climate change mitigation options: improved cookstoves, carbon-free electricity and improved energy efficiency in industry. Key ancillary impacts are better indoor air quality, better outdoor air quality and job creation (respectively). Further work to strengthen the evidence base regarding these impacts needs to be undertaken, potentially drawing upon broader work that has already been completed. Thus, in conclusion, a call for cross-fertilisation of information between heretofore disparate research communities is made. Additionally, the development of an integrated research agenda, forging linkages among cookstoves, indoor air quality and climate change mitigation research communities in Africa’s least developed countries, is identified as a priority.
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International Regime formation: the politics of ozone layer depletion and global warming
1992Co-Authors: Ian H. RowlandsAbstract:This thesis examines the politics of International Regime formation, with particular reference to the global atmospheric problems of ozone layer depletion and global warming. A review of the International relations literature reveals that there are three approaches to the study of International Regime formation: global, state-centred and individualistic. Building upon these, three preconditions and four catalysts for International Regime formation are proposed. Each of the hypothesised preconditions -- scientific consensus, tolerable domestic economics costs and global equity -- is necessary, though not by itself sufficient, for International Regime formation. Meanwhile, although no one of the hypothesised catalysts -- political entrepreneurs, the solidity of the broader International political system, environmental pressure groups and the mobilisation of public opinion -- is a necessary element for the formation of an International Regime, the presence of any one can nevertheless accelerate the rate at which Regimes are formed. The theoretical framework that is proposed is applied to the histories of the ozone layer depletion and global warming issues. In this investigation, data up to the end of 1991 were considered. The thesis also considers some issues that extend beyond the end of 1991, for the nature of parts of the analysis precludes an unwavering commitment to this cut-off date. The findings of this investigation have both theoretical and empirical dimensions. First, because the application of the theoretical framework does not invalidate it, thinking about the formation of Regimes in International society in general is advanced. And second, by applying the framework to these two particular issues, explanations are offered as to why an International Regime had been formed by the end of 1991 to preserve the earth's ozone layer, while one to deal with global warming had not.
Daniel W Drezner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the power and peril of International Regime complexity
Perspectives on Politics, 2009Co-Authors: Daniel W DreznerAbstract:The proliferation of International rules, laws, and institutional forms raises important questions for Regime theory. Looking at the theoretical and empirical arguments presented by all the contributors, however, it seems clear that that complexity's effects on actor strategies—particularly powerful actors—remain open to debate. Some of the posited effects of International Regime complexity have contradictory or cross-cutting effects. Further effects of Regime complexity—cross-institutional strategizing, the asymmetrical distribution of legal and technical expertise, and the fragmentation of reputation—can erode the significance of institutions in complex environments. This contribution considers the effect that Regime complexity has on how powerful actors approach world politics—in part by connecting the current debate with past discussions about the significance of International Regimes in world politics.