Who participates in global environmental governance? Partial answers from international relations theory
Who participates in global environmental governance? Partial answers from international relations theory
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谁参与全球环境治理？
DOI：
10.1023/a:1026563821056
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发表时间：
2000
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影响因子：
5.3
通讯作者：
M. Auer
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作者：
M. Auer
国际环境事务研究的一个重要趋势是研究非国家行为者在国际环境治理中的作用。对许多人来说，非国家行为者影响力的不断增长是一个受欢迎的趋势，因为这些行为者，特别是非政府组织，促进国家之间的环境谈判，并履行国家不愿意或无法履行的关键信息收集、传播、宣传和评估职能。对于国际关系（IR）专业的学生来说，研究非国家行为者在全球环境事务中的角色和责任不同于该领域的普通关注点——即国家间行为的研究。但对于全球环境问题的研究，特别是那些同时具有全球性和地方性的问题，研究者必须绘制出更广泛的参与者群体的影响。人们对地方机构或普通公民如何融入全球环境政策进程知之甚少。了解公众对全球环境质量要求的动机是一项尤为重要的研究任务，特别是对于全球气候变化等普遍存在的环境问题和可持续发展等需要普通公民关注和默许的复杂诉求。
An important current of research in international environmental affairsdeals with the roles of non-state actors in international environmentalgovernance. For many, the growing influence of non-state actors is a welcometrend because these actors, especially non-governmental organizations,facilitate environmental negotiations between states and perform keyinformation-gathering, dissemination, advocacy, and appraisal functions thatstates are either unwilling or unable to do. For the student of internationalrelations (IR), examining the roles and responsibilities of non-state actorsin global environmental affairs is a departure from the ordinary concern ofthat field – namely, the study of interstate behavior. But for the studyof global environmental problems, particularly those problems that aresimultaneously global and local, the investigator must map the influence ofan even broader assemblage of actors. Little is known about how local levelinstitutions or ordinary citizens fit into global environmental policyprocesses. Understanding what motivates public demands for globalenvironmental quality is an especially important research task, especially forthose pervasive environmental problems like global climate change and complexexhortations like sustainable development that require the attention andacquiescence of ordinary citizens.