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  • North Pacific Perspectives on the Arctic

    Looking Far North in Turbulent Times

    Edited by Oran Young, Jong-Deog Kim ...
    This timely book supplements well-established Euro-Atlantic perspectives on the Arctic by offering fresh insights into emerging issues and opportunities in the region through the application of a North Pacific lens. The book brings together an array of perspectives, including voices from China, Russia, and the United States along with the voices of Indigenous peoples and other Arctic residents. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • On Environmental Governance

    Sustainability, Efficiency, and Equity

    by Oran R Young ...
    In On Environmental Governance, Oran R. Young examines a variety of efforts to meet the challenge of governing human interaction with the environment in the interest of sustainability. At the same time, he considers measures to minimize restrictions on human actors in using their natural resources. Young looks at issues including climate change, biodiversity, deforestation, greenhouse gas ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy

    Edited by Masami Onoda, Oran R Young ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The result of a workshop bringing together an international advisory board of experts in science, satellite technologies, industry innovations, and public policy, this book addresses the current and future roles of satellite Earth observations in solving large-scale environmental problems. The book showcases the results of engaging distinct communities to enhance our ability to identify emerging ... Read more

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  • Addressing the Grand Challenges of Planetary Governance

    The Future of the Global Political Order

    by Oran R. Young ...
    Series series Elements in Earth System Governance
    The world today confronts unprecedented needs for governance having profound implications for human well-being that are difficult - perhaps impossible - to address effectively within the prevailing global political order. This makes it pertinent to ask whether we must assume that the global order will continue during the foreseeable future to take the form of a state-based society as we think ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Governing Complex Systems

    Social Capital for the Anthropocene

    by Oran R. Young ...
    Series series Earth System Governance
    An exploration of the need for innovative mechanisms of governance in an era when human actions are major drivers of environmental change.The onset of the Anthropocene, an era in which human actions have become major drivers of change on a planetary scale, has increased the complexity of socioecological systems. Complex systems pose novel challenges for governance because of their high levels of ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Building Common Interests in the Arctic Ocean with Global Inclusion

    Volume 2

    Edited by Paul Arthur Berkman, Alexander N. Vylegzhanin, Oran R. Young, David A. Balton, Ole Rasmus Øvretveit ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book contains an inclusive compilation of perspectives about the Arctic Ocean with contributions that extend from Indigenous residents and early career scientists to Foreign Ministers, involving perspectives across the spectrum of subnational-national-international jurisdictions. The Arctic Ocean is being transformed with global climate warming into a seasonally ice-free sea, creating ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Regime Consequences

    Methodological Challenges and Research Strategies

    Edited by A. Underdal, Oran R. Young ...
    This volume has a long and distinguished pedigree. It is the product of an effort to devise clear and unambiguous methods for demonstrating that international regimes make a difference stretching back at least to the early 1990s. What has transpired in the meantime is the development of a suite of useful techniques of analysis rather than the creation of a single, correct methodology for use in ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Rights to Nature

    Ecological, Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment

    by Narpat Jodha, Svein Jentoft, Bonnie McCay, Margaret McKean, Steven Sanderson, C. S. Holling, Elinor Ostrom, Jean Ensminger, Oran Young ...
    Property rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they are controlled is critical to designing and implementing effective strategies for environmental management and conservation.Rights to Nature is a nontechnical, interdisciplinary introduction to the systems of rights, rules, and responsibilities that ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Compliance & Public Authority

    A Theory with International Applications

    Edited by Oran R. Young ...
    Series series RFF Policy and Governance Set
    Offers a theory of compliance and authority that wouild be applicable to behavior concerning economic contracts, law, enforcement, and international relations. It examiones the problem of compliance in centralized (e.g. national and state laws) and decentralized (international treaties) systems. Applies the theory to explain the level of compliance with Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty anf the ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Governance for the Environment

    New Perspectives

    Edited by Magali A. Delmas, Oran R. Young ...
    We live in an era of human-dominated ecosystems in which the demand for environmental governance is rising rapidly. At the same time, confidence in the capacity of governments to meet this demand is waning. How can we address the resultant governance deficit and achieve sustainable development? This book brings together perspectives from economics, management, and political science in order to ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals

    Edited by Theresa Squatrito, Geir Ulfstein, Oran R. Young, Andreas Follesdal ...
    Series series Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
    International courts and tribunals now operate globally and in several world regions, playing significant roles in international law and global governance. However, these courts vary significantly in terms of their practices, procedures, and the outcomes they produce. Why do some international courts perform better than others? Which factors affect the outcome of these courts and tribunals? The ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Non-state Actors in China and Global Environmental Governance

    Edited by Dan Guttman, Yijia Jing, Oran R. Young ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is the first effort to develop a broad and deep perspective on the emerging space occupied by “non-state actors” in China in the context of global environmental governance. It will serve as a primer both for scholars seeking to understand China’s environmental governance system and for practitioners working with policymakers and administrators within that system. Individual chapters ... Read more

    $134.99 USD