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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the publication on 25th March 2002 of:
OZONE CONNECTIONS
EXPERT NETWORKS IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
Penelope Canan and Nancy Reichman
228pp | 234 x 156 mm | hardback
ISBN 1 874719 40 3 | March 2002 | £40.00/US$75.00
To place an order for this title or to view Chapter 1, "Introduction",
online,
please visit the Greenleaf website at:
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It is difficult to think of a more significant example of international
co-operation to address a problem that threatened the health and wellbeing
of the entire planet than the 1987 Montreal Protocol for the Elimination of
Ozone-Depleting Substances. This breakthrough in international environmental
governance has proved to be an extraordinary success beyond rhetoric or
promises. In a dozen years, this international agreement went from an
understanding of the need to act in a precautionary manner for mutual
benefit to a successful worldwide effort to eliminate chemical substances
harmful to our protective ozone layer. The production and consumption of
most ozone-depleting substances has now been phased out in developed
countries, with developing countries not far behind.
What happened and why is of tremendous importance for those looking for
guidance in the future, particularly those now involved in hugely
complicated negotiations on climate change. The success of the Montreal
Protocol has been linked to many factors such as political will, treaty
flexibility and the recognition of equity issues raised by developing
countries. While comprehensively analysing all of these success factors,
"Ozone Connections" goes on to suggest that a social organisation of global
governance as typified by the Protocol's Technology and Economic Assessment
Panel (TEAP) was a unique - but replicable - decisive factor.
The book argues that we need to understand how the implementation of complex
global environmental agreements depends on the construction and exploitation
of social connections among experts who act collectively to define solutions
to environmental problems.
This highly original and provoking thesis synthesises some of the more
exciting social science concepts and methods, while refining our basic
understanding of environmental social change and providing policy-makers
with concrete success factors to replicate. This book will be essential
reading for academics in the fields of sociology, political science,
international relations, network studies, human communication, motivation,
collaboration and leadership, as well as the burgeoning interdisciplinary
field of environmental studies. Businesses will also find many applications
for practical use. Finally, the many directly transferable lessons from
ozone-layer protection make this book a key addition to the growing
literature on climate change.
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"In an era of globalisation - where issues of distinct social, human and
cultural capital seem to be blurred, where real participation and honest
camaraderie seem to be dwindling - here come the two authors to chart a path
based on the significance of all these factors, reminding us to keep
watching that they do not slip out of our hands ... a marvellous job."
Mostafa K. Tolba
President, International Centre of Environment and Development (ICED)
Former Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
"The success of the efforts to phase out use of the ozone-depleting
substances in thousands of industries owes significantly to the dedicated
network of more than 500 experts, from around the world, of the Technology
and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP) of the Montreal Protocol. Their
untiring zeal led to the progressive tightening of the Montreal Protocol and
to transfer of ozone-safe technologies to all corners of our Earth in a very
short time. Penelope Canan and Nancy Reichman present a penetrating analysis
of how this network has been built up and sustained. The analysis has
valuable lessons to offer to any organisation venturing to solve global
problems."
K.M. Sarma
Former Executive Director of the Montreal Protocol Secretariat
"In the final analysis, the implementation of environmental treaties depends
on the effort, motivation and commitment of the people involved. Canan and
Reichman offer a fascinating and innovative analysis of the evolution of one
particular community and its impact on the operation of the Montreal
Protocol. Anyone interested in the human side of environmental agreements
should read this book."
Duncan Brack
Head, Energy and Environment Programme, The Royal Institute of International
Affairs
"Considering the many excellent accounts given of the successful ozone
story, I did not think it possible to add much new insight. This book
clearly shows I was wrong. It is a fascinating and mostly untold story of
the real-world possibilities and constraints facing key people in the making
and implementation of ozone policy."
Steinar Andresen
Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo and senior researcher at
the Fridtjof Nansen Institute
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TAB LE OF CONTENTS
List of figures and tables
Foreword
Mostafa Tolba, President, International Centre of Environment and
Development (ICED); Former Executive Director, United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
The 'early days' of ozone-layer protection: Jay Baker's story
The Suely Carvalho story: global worker, global citizen
The Technology and Economic Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol
Perspectives on studying global environmental governance
A comment on collaborative regulation
From epistemic communities to reflexive regulation and communities of
practice
On combining quantitative and qualitative approaches
Organisation of the book
2. The Montreal Protocol: a most remarkable treaty
Background
The progression toward international co-operation on ozone-layer protection
The significance of informal consultation
Mostafa Tolba: at the intersection of history, biography and personality
The institutional structure of the Montreal Protocol
Overcoming the 'uncertainty' problem
Financed technology transfer established the conditions for global
partnerships
3. Networks in the ozone-layer regime
Communities as social systems
The ozone regime as a social system of networks
The ozone policy network
The ozone programme network
The ozone project network
The Technology and Economic Assessment Panel: the bridging network
Independence of the assessment panels
The actors
Funding
Committee work
Summary and conclusions
4. Social capital in action
Social capital and the building of strategic information alliances
Who are the participants?
They came endowed with capital
Human capital
Knowledge
English fluency
Communication skills
Social capital: networks and connections
Cultural capital
Commitment to the production and distribution of knowledge
Expediency norms
Can-do attitude
Summary
The personal rewards of capital investment: or, what have the participants
become?
The new global consultant
5. Committee connections
Measuring connections
Influence sets
Mapping network connections
Structural embeddedness
Relational embeddedness
Leadership
Satisfaction with the process
Conclusions
6. Socialisation in the ozone community
Commitment as a factor in socialisation
Committee work as the locus of socialisation processes
Conclusions
7. Institutional entrepreneurs
Defining a new institutional space
Enrolling and inspiring others
Credibility through performance
Affirming the new institiutional space
Rewarding incremental success through public recognition
Conclusions
8. Lessons learned
The new institutional space created by the Montreal Protocol
The social relationships that facilitated implementation
Independence of the assessment process
The right participants
Networks provide flexibility, swift communication and diffusion
Rewarding participation
Leadership matters
Some spin-off benefits of the success of the Montreal Protocol
Lessons particularly pertaining to climate change
Lessons for questions of governance
Bibliography
Sources
Appendix 1: Methodology
Appendix 2: Interviewees
Appendix 3: Survey questionnaire
List of abbreviations
Index
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