Role Theory, Environmental Politics, and Learning in International Relations

The Case of the Arctic Region
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-01209-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 343 g

Reihe: Role Theory and International Relations

In this book, Sandra Engstrand uses role theory to study learning processes in environmental policy negotiations in the Arctic Council.

Owing to rapid ice-melting in the Arctic region, and more accessible commercial opportunities, there is a greater need for environmental protection. However, large sections of the Arctic fall under state jurisdiction, often causing tensions to arise that prevent any cooperation from achieving fully efficient environmental protection. To enhance our understanding on how states learn about environmental norms, Engstrand examines negotiation processes on environmental protection for the prevention of Arctic marine oil spills and the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants. Through interviews with state representatives and through text analyses of nearly twenty years of meetings between Senior Arctic Officials from each of the eight Arctic states, Engstrand suggests that learning on environmental norms runs firstly through a learning of roles in international relations. She demonstrates how member states develop through self-reflection and by considering the expectation of others, concluding that states’ wishes to preserve their social role in a group and to be perceived as Arctic ‘cooperators’ are drivers for a social education on environmental norms.

A timely and unmatched volume Role Theory, Environmental Politics, and Learning in International Relations will engage students and academic researchers in international relations, environmental governance, and Arctic politics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Engstrand, Sandra

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Learning in Arctic environmental cooperation 2. The studying of learning through roles 3. Above the timberline – the logic of Arctic cooperation 4. Role-playing in the Arctic Council 5. When sovereignty is expected to interfere: a micro-level departure in negotiations on oil spill prevention 6. When action-taking is prescribed: a micro-level departure in negotiations on shortlived climate pollutants 7. Conclusion: The studying of learning through roles – findings and suggestions 8. Epilogue: Looking ahead of Arctic Cooperation

Über Autor(innen)

Sandra Engstrand has a PhD in Political Science from Lund University. She has been teaching courses in International Relations at the Department of Global Political Studies at Malmö University, Sweden.