Download or read book Environmental Policy in an International Context written by Andrew Blowers and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1996-05-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the environmental issues currently under debate in the international arena. The text approaches the topic at a conceptual level, and from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. It analyses the roles of key players in environmental policy, the nation state, non-governmental organizations and the business community. It continues with an examination of the importance of international relations (trade, east, west, north, south), and goes on to consider the prospects for sustainable development and social changes required for sustainable development to become a reality.