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chapter 13: green theory by robyn eckersley

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chapter 13: green theory by robyn eckersley

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    1. Chapter 13: Green TheoryBy Robyn Eckersley

    2. Learning outcomes After this lecture you should be able to: Understand the concerns and contributions of green theory Appreciate the challenge this presents to traditional IR theory Recognise that there are internal tensions regarding the role of the state Appreciate the benefits of green IR theory in the case study of climate change

    3. Green Theory Emerged in the social sciences and humanities Green scholarship has grown apace with: increasing global economic and ecological interdependence the emergence of uniquely global ecological problems such as: climate change the thinning of the ozone layer the erosion of the Earths biodiversity

    4. First Wave

    5. Second Wave More transnational and cosmopolitan Produced new global conceptualisations of:

    6. Green IR theory

    7. Green IR theory challenges to mainstream rationalist approaches Exposed the problematic environmental assumptions and ethical values in neorealism and neoliberalism Added to the critique of positivist IR theories Highlighted social agents and social structures that have systematically blocked the negotiation of more ecologically enlightened regimes Explored the role of non-state forms of deterritorialised governance However internal disputes remain in terms of the role of the state in a greener world

    8. Case Study Climate Change IR Diverging views as to prospects for international cooperation on climate change United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed at the Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro in 1992

    9. Case Study continued Green IR theorists give prominence to the role of justice norms in their analysis This involves the idea that high consumption societies should be the first to move away from a carbon-based economy This normative framework is essential to understanding why a majority of states have ratified the Protocol

    10. Conclusions Introduced new green discourses environmental justice sustainable development reflexive modernisation ecological security Recast the roles of the state, economic actors and citizens Offers new analytical and normative insights into global environmental change

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