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In June 1972 the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm Sweden This event also known as the Stockholm Conference was the first of its kind and it reflected mounting concerns with the transboundary environmental problems caused by modern industrial society Fifty years later we find ourselves in a world marked by profound accelerating and possibly irreversible environmental change Today there is simply no place on earth untouched by human influence The Anthropocene is a concept that has been advanced to capture this novel environmental condition It refers to an unpredictable and fragile era in planetary history when humanity is dangerously disrupting the earth s biosphere and life upholding systems This volume brings together an interdisciplinary team of scholars and policy experts to examine what security means in this new world of humanity s own making It asks how global institutions can respond to the systemic production of environmental risks and insecurities and what political innovations are needed to chart a more sustainable path for global development in the decades to come The 50 year anniversary of the UN Conference on the Human Environment offers an important backdrop to the volume and an opportunity to imag

Has devolution fostered secessionism in Catalonia? Are Catalans content with the outcome of the Spanish transition to democracy? Is there a future for Catalan nationalism within the EU? What is the impact of globalization upon the survival and development of nations without states such as Catalonia? These key questions are addressed in this volume.

This book takes a deep dive into the multiple roles states play in supporting transitions to a more sustainable world and where there is scope for their transformation It develops a rounded account of different aspects of state power for students academics and practitioners concerned with environmental policy and sustainability

Around the world, we see a 'participatory turn' in the pursuit of gender equality, exemplified by the adoption of gender quotas in national legislatures to promote women's role as decision-makers. We also see a 'pluralism turn', with increasing legal recognition given to the customary law or religious law of minority groups and indigenous peoples. To date, the former trend has primarily benefitted majority women, and the latter has primarily benefitted minority men.Neither has effectively ensured the participation of minority women. In response, multicultural feminists have proposed institutional innovations to strengthen the voice of minority women, both at the state level and in decisions about the interpretation and evolution of cultural and religiouspractices. This volume explores the connection between gender parity and multicultural feminism, both at the level of theory and in practice.The authors explore a range of cases from Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa, in relation to state law, customary law, religious law, and indigenous law. While many obstacles remain, and many women continue to suffer from the paradox of multicultural vulnerability, these innovations in theory and practice offer new prospects for reconciling genderequality and pluralism.

Environmental Policybrings together top scholars to evaluate the changes andcontinuitiesin American environmental policy since the late 1960sand help students think critically about their implication

Jack Hayward and Vincent Wright Two leading authors challenge the assumption that France has a well coordinated government. The constitutional, political,and policy frameworks of coordination are critically assessed in relation to the central actors and spending ministries, as well as the formal and informal mechanisms of coordination. Four case studies are examined; the European Union, budget, privatization and immigration policy processes. The book concludes with forthright findings on a fragment executive struggling to steer a disparate and partially paralyzed institutional structure. The research findings offer precise cautionary recommendations to policy makers against the dangers of overconfident recourse to 'joined up' government. The findings are relevant, not merely to France, but generally to Western states more generally.