Book Review - Transnational Climate Change Governance, by Harriet Bulkeley, Liliana B. Andonova, Michele M. Betsill, Daniel Compagnon, Thomas Hale, Matthew J. Hoffmann, Peter Newell, Matthew Paterson, Charles Roger, Stacy D. Vandeveer

4 Transnational Environmental Law 197 (2015)

Griffith University Law School Research Paper No. 16-09

7 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2016 Last revised: 17 Jun 2016

Date Written: April 25, 2016

Abstract

It is rare to see a monograph - excepting, perhaps, an edited collection - with more than three or so authors. Transnational Climate Change Governance more than triples that number to ten. If nothing else, this would be an astounding achievement of logistics and academic compromise for a stable of this many scholars. But there is much more to this book than impressive logistics and compromise. The text represents the first comprehensive analysis that ties together the world’s continuing concerns and debates about the three major areas of climate change, transnationalism, and governance. It also eschews any disciplinary tunnel vision or singular theoretical perspective. Two major contributions of this book, then, are to breakdown the analytical compartments that usually divide the areas of climate change, transnationalism, and governance and to revoke privileged positions of theoretical perspective. Just as importantly, though, this book persuasively shows the importance of an understanding of transnational governance for climate policy, politics, and law. While some may relegate the study of transnational governance to the normative and political periphery, the authors here demonstrate its significant real-world environmental and economic impacts. They are able to use the cross-sectoral density of the field of climate change to show a variety of forms of transnational governance, the authority it exercises, and the resources it commands. It is an impressive text.

Keywords: Transnational Governance, Climate Change,

JEL Classification: K32, K33, L50

Suggested Citation

Anton, Donald K., Book Review - Transnational Climate Change Governance, by Harriet Bulkeley, Liliana B. Andonova, Michele M. Betsill, Daniel Compagnon, Thomas Hale, Matthew J. Hoffmann, Peter Newell, Matthew Paterson, Charles Roger, Stacy D. Vandeveer (April 25, 2016). 4 Transnational Environmental Law 197 (2015), Griffith University Law School Research Paper No. 16-09, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2770223

Donald K. Anton (Contact Author)

ANU College of Law ( email )

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200
Australia

HOME PAGE: http://https://law.anu.edu.au/staff/don-anton

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