Transnational actors and transnational governance now form core elements of global
environmental politics alongside intergovernmental diplomacy and institutions. This article …

In the past half-century, the practice and study of global environmental politics and
governance have been dramatically rescaled. They have become increasingly complex and …

Environmental innovations are key enablers of transition towards greener economies.
Despite their importance, empirical studies examining the effect of green technologies on …

Since the industrial revolution, progress has meant an increase in labour productivity. Factor
Four describes a new form of progress, resource productivity, a form which meets the …

A new kind of international regulatory system is spontaneously arising out of the failure of
international “Old Governance”(ie, treaties and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)) to …

In this article we explore how much state is necessary to make governance work. We begin
by clarifying concepts of governance and the “shadow of hierarchy” and we follow this …

We use meta-analytical techniques to address three central debates in institutional theory: Is
organizational behavior the product of social structure or organizational agency? Does …

Environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are increasing in terms of
their number and variety. The economic effects of these environmental provisions remain …

International interdependence is at the core of the international relations discipline, which is
premised upon the fact that states interact with one another and examines the nature …

Over the past fifty years, top political science journals have published hundreds of articles
about policy diffusion. This article reports on network analyses of how the ideas and …