Review: Aid and Human Rights: Green Planet Blues
| Author | Peter J. Stoett |
| Published date | 01 June 1996 |
| Date | 01 June 1996 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070209605100210 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
REVIEWS/AID
AND
HUMAN
RIGHTS
365
the
case
studies
indicate
that
'the
Third
World
countries
can
exercise
...
modest influence
only
in
specific
contexts'
(p
132).
The
book
has
value
insofar
as
it
raises
the
question
of
the Third
World
in
the
international
environmental
regime
formation and
trans-
formation.
In
addition,
she
does
not
treat
the
Third
World
as
a
homo-
genized
bloc,
but
rather
reveals
that
different
states
have
different
stakes
in
the process.
This
said,
some
serious
theoretical and
empirical
problems
should
be
noted.
It
is
striking
that
what
should
be
the theoretical
core
of
the
book,
the
chapter
on regime
theory,
is
only
ten
pages
long.
The
cov-
erage
of
the regime
literature
is
poor,
and
no attempt
is
made
to
address the
debates
surrounding
the
notion of
regimes.
Similarly,
the
concept
of
globalization
seems
to
be
accepted
without
any
serious
treat-
ment
of
the
reams
of
literature
on
the
idea.
Perhaps
more important
are
the
empirical
problems.
The
case
studies,
while
neat
overviews
of
the
issues,
do
not
appear
to
have
had
the
benefit
of
much
primary
research. The
author
draws
primarily
from
British
and
American
sources,
and
one
is
hard
pressed
to
find
the
'voice'
of
the
South
refer-
enced
in
the
endnotes.
Miller's
book
may
be
of
some
use
as
an
introduction
to
the
place
of
the
Third
World
in
global
environmental
politics,
but
it
must
be
read
with
the
above
concerns
in
mind.
Heather
A.
Smith/University
of
Northern
British
Columbia
GREEN
PLANET BLUES
Environmental
Politics
from
Stockholm
to
Rio
Edited
by
Ken
Conca,
Michael
Alberty,
and
Geoffrey
Dabelko
Boulder
co:
Westview,
1995,
viii,
327pp,
US$6
4.9 5
cloth,
US$22.
9 5
paper
This
useful
and
carefully
edited
survey assembles
a
wide
variety
of
pre-
viously
published, influential
contributions
to
debates
on
topics
such
as
the
global
commons,
the
meaning
of
sustainable
development, inter-
national
institutions,
environmental
security,
and
population
vs
con-
sumption.
The
result
is
a
running
commentary
on the
cross-cutting
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