The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics

List of Contributors Introduction: Comparative Environmental Politics Jeannie Sowers Erika Weinthal Stacy D. VanDeveer Part 1: STATES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 1. The Environmental State and its Limits James Meadowcroft 2. California's Environmental Policy Leadership David Vogel 3. Assessing 30 Years of Neoliberal Environmental Management in Chile: Effective, Democratic or Neither? Javiera Barandiarán 4. Environment and Development: Crossing the Divide between Global South and Global North Kathryn Hochstetler 5. National Climate Mitigation Policy in Europe Paul Tobin Louise Wylie 6. Governing Flood and Climate Risks in Netherlands and Hungary: A Comparative Approach Elizabeth Albright 7. The Politics of Climate Disasters, Social Inequality, and Perceptions of Government Assistance Isabella Alcañiz Ana Ivelisse Sanchez-Rivera 8. Implementation of International Environmental Law: A Comparative Perspective Maria Ivanova Natalia Escobar-Pemberthy Anna Dubrova Candace Famiglietti 9. Comparative International Fisheries Management Elizabeth R. DeSombre Part 2: METHODS AND CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS 10. Interpretive Methodologies, Quantitative Methods, and Comparative Environment Politics J. Samuel Barkin V. Miranda Chase Saskia van Wees 11. Ethnography in Comparative Environmental Politics: Insights from the Water and Waste Fields Raul Pacheco-Vega 12. An Intersectional Exploration of Climate Institutions Annica Kronsell Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir Nanna Rask Benedict E. Singleton 13. Gender and Comparative Environmental Politics: Examining Population Debates Through Gender Lenses Nicole Detraz Part 3: Movements and Activism 14. Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, and Animal Liberation Movements: Confronting the Problem of Social Difference David Naguib Pellow 15. Civil Society, Networks and Contention around Environmental Issues Jennifer Hadden Jennifer Iris Allan 16. Time and Place in Climate Activism: Three Urgency-Induced Debates Joost de Moor 17. The Comparative Politics of Environmental Activism in Russia: Strategic Adaptation to Authoritarianism Laura A. Henry 18. Anglo Fears: Rejection of Climate Science and Anglo Anxiety Peter J. Jacques 19. Civil Disobedience, Sabotage, and Violence in US Environmental Activism Joseph Brown Part 4: Markets and Firms in Comparative Environmental Politics 20. Territory, Private Authority, and Rights: The Place of Land Rights in Sustainable Agriculture and Forest Certification Tim Bartley 21. Comparing Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Blindspots, Biases, and Pathways Forward Hamish van der Ven 22. Continuity and Change in Carbon Market Politics Carley Chavara Christian Elliot Matthew Hoffman Matthew Paterson Part 5: Environmental Justice and Rights 23. The Comparative Politics of Environmental Justice Kemi-Fuentes George 24. Toward a Comparative Politics of Environmental Justice: Critical Perspectives on Representation, Equity, and Rights Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya 25. Globalization of Environmental Justice: A Framework for Research Prakash Kashwan 26. Rights of Nature: Institutions, Law and Policy for Sustainable Development Craig Kauffman 27. Implementing Environmental Rights: Reviewing the Evidence from Research and Practice Joshua Gellers Chris Jeffords 28. Gendering the Human Right to Water in the Context of Sustainable Development Farhana Sultana Part 6: Natural Resources and Political Economy 29. Green Industrial Policy in Comparative Perspective: Supporting Renewable Energy Industry Development in Emerging Economies Joanna I. Lewis 30. Natural Resources and the Politics of Distribution Mohannad Al-Suwaidan Nimah Mazaheri 31. Temporality, Limited Statehood, and Africa's Abandoned Mines W. R. Nadège Compaoré Nathan Andrews 32. Illegal Wildlife Trade in the Mekong: The Interplay of Actors, Legal Governance, and Political Economy Songkhun Nillasithanukroh Ekta Patel Edmund Malesky Erika Weinthal Part 7: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY TRANSITIONS 33. Fracked Taxpayers and Communities: Shale Economies in US and Argentina Shanti Gamper-Rabindran 34. Renewable Energy, Energy Poverty, and Climate Change: Opportunities and (Many) Challenges Michaël Aklin 35. Renewable Energy Supply Chains and the Just Transition Dustin Mulvaney 36. The Rise and Fall of Fossil Fuels: Two Moments in the Energy History of the Middle East and their Global Consequences Daniel Rabinowitz Part 8: Cities And Sustainability 37. Cities and the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Agency-Centered Research Agenda Christopher Gore 38. Reclaiming the Circular Economy: Informal Work and Grassroots Power Manisha Anantharaman 39. Urban Climate Adaptation: Discontents and Alternative Politics Eric Chu Linda Shi Part 9: Environment, Resources and Violence 40. War and Environmental Politics: A Comparative Perspective Jeannie Sowers Erika Weinthal 41. Climate and Conflict: Lessons from the Syria Case Marwa Daoudy 42. The Integration of Conservation and Security: Political Ecologies of Violence and the Illegal Wildlife Trade Rosaleen Duffy Francis Massé