Book Reviews Dryzek, John S., and Jonathan Pickering. 2019. The Politics of the Anthropocene. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Conrad George Pompeu Fabra University Scientific evidence indicates that we have entered a new geological epoch, termed the Anthropocene, in which human activities have become a significant geological force. How do we confront this new reality where our relationship with our biophysical environment has

Book Reviews The Paradox of Scale: How NGOs Build, Maintain, and Lose Authority in Environmental Gov- ernance. Balboa, Cristina M. 2018. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Reviewed by Craig N. Murphy Wellesley College The Paradox of Scale is an interesting exercise in theory building. It uses three case studies of environmental NGOs in the Asia-Pacific region to develop an expla- nation of why global-level NGOs

Book Reviews Reynolds, Jesse L. 2019. The Governance of Solar Geoengineering: Managing Climate Change in the Anthropocene. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by Simon Nicholson American University Solar geoengineering (also known as solar radiation management) È, by Jesse Reynolds’ reckoning, an objectionable proposition that nevertheless demands attention. In The Governance of Solar Geoengineering, Reynolds offers a sweeping review of existing scholarship, policy proposals, and real-world

Book Reviews Reynolds, Jesse L. 2019. The Governance of Solar Geoengineering: Managing Climate Change in the Anthropocene. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by Simon Nicholson American University Solar geoengineering (also known as solar radiation management) È, by Jesse Reynolds’ reckoning, an objectionable proposition that nevertheless demands attention. In The Governance of Solar Geoengineering, Reynolds offers a sweeping review of existing scholarship, policy proposals, and real-world

Book Reviews Mayer, Benoît. 2016. The Concept of Climate Migration: Advocacy and Its Prospects. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. Reviewed by Saleh Ahmed Boise State University The interface between climate and society demonstrates the increasing complex- ity of human dimensions of global environmental change. Despite some levels of disagreements on anthropogenic causes of climate change, people around the world are facing

Book Reviews Mayer, Benoît. 2016. The Concept of Climate Migration: Advocacy and Its Prospects. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. Reviewed by Saleh Ahmed Boise State University The interface between climate and society demonstrates the increasing complex- ity of human dimensions of global environmental change. Despite some levels of disagreements on anthropogenic causes of climate change, people around the world are facing

Book Reviews Mayer, Benoît. 2016. The Concept of Climate Migration: Advocacy and Its Prospects. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing. Reviewed by Saleh Ahmed Boise State University The interface between climate and society demonstrates the increasing complex- ity of human dimensions of global environmental change. Despite some levels of disagreements on anthropogenic causes of climate change, people around the world are facing

Book Reviews Bartley, Tim. 2018. Rules without Rights: Land, Labor, and Private Authority in the Global Economy. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Graham Bullock Davidson College How effective have transnational standards been in catalyzing improvements in labor and environmental conditions? This is the core question of Tim Bartley’s book, Rules without Rights, which engages in an in-depth examination of four cases across two

Book Reviews Bartley, Tim. 2018. Rules without Rights: Land, Labor, and Private Authority in the Global Economy. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Graham Bullock Davidson College How effective have transnational standards been in catalyzing improvements in labor and environmental conditions? This is the core question of Tim Bartley’s book, Rules without Rights, which engages in an in-depth examination of four cases across two

Book Reviews Bartley, Tim. 2018. Rules without Rights: Land, Labor, and Private Authority in the Global Economy. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Graham Bullock Davidson College How effective have transnational standards been in catalyzing improvements in labor and environmental conditions? This is the core question of Tim Bartley’s book, Rules without Rights, which engages in an in-depth examination of four cases across two

Book Reviews Andonova, Liliana B. 2017. Governance Entrepreneurs: International Organizations and the Rise of Global Public-Private Partnerships. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by Thomas Hickmann University of Potsdam Global partnerships between public and private actors have become a key fea- ture of contemporary international governance and politics. Such partnerships aim at tackling a wide array of pressing problems, among them infectious and non-infectious diseases, human

Book Reviews Andonova, Liliana B. 2017. Governance Entrepreneurs: International Organizations and the Rise of Global Public-Private Partnerships. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by Thomas Hickmann University of Potsdam Global partnerships between public and private actors have become a key fea- ture of contemporary international governance and politics. Such partnerships aim at tackling a wide array of pressing problems, among them infectious and non-infectious diseases, human

Book Reviews Andonova, Liliana B. 2017. Governance Entrepreneurs: International Organizations and the Rise of Global Public-Private Partnerships. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Reviewed by Thomas Hickmann University of Potsdam Global partnerships between public and private actors have become a key fea- ture of contemporary international governance and politics. Such partnerships aim at tackling a wide array of pressing problems, among them infectious and non-infectious diseases, human

Book Reviews Gellers, Joshua C. 2017. The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights. London, UK: Routledge. Reviewed by David R. Boyd University of British Columbia Over the past five decades, many scholars have debated the normative pros and cons of granting legal recognition to the right to live in a healthy environment, a relative newcomer to the library of human rights. Since 1976, this right

Book Reviews Gellers, Joshua C. 2017. The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights. London, UK: Routledge. Reviewed by David R. Boyd University of British Columbia Over the past five decades, many scholars have debated the normative pros and cons of granting legal recognition to the right to live in a healthy environment, a relative newcomer to the library of human rights. Since 1976, this right

Book Reviews Gellers, Joshua C. 2017. The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights. London, UK: Routledge. Reviewed by David R. Boyd University of British Columbia Over the past five decades, many scholars have debated the normative pros and cons of granting legal recognition to the right to live in a healthy environment, a relative newcomer to the library of human rights. Since 1976, this right

Book Reviews Kauffman, Craig M. 2017. Grassroots Global Governance: Local Watershed Management Experiments and the Evolution of Sustainable Development. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Tabitha M. Benney University of Utah and Stacy D. VanDeveer University of Massachusetts Boston Craig M. Kauffman’s Grassroots Global Governance is an exceptionally good book, and an excellent example of the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical value to be gained

Book Reviews Kauffman, Craig M. 2017. Grassroots Global Governance: Local Watershed Management Experiments and the Evolution of Sustainable Development. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Tabitha M. Benney University of Utah and Stacy D. VanDeveer University of Massachusetts Boston Craig M. Kauffman’s Grassroots Global Governance is an exceptionally good book, and an excellent example of the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical value to be gained