Introduction - two decades of global environmental politics, Ken Conca et al. Part 1 The debate at Stockholm: the limits to growth, Donella H. Meadows et al; environment and development - the case of the developing countries, Joatildeo Augusto de Araujo Castro; the tragedy of the commons, Garrett Hardin; no tragedy on the commons, Susan Jane Buck Cox; the tragedy of the commons - 22 years later, David Feeny et al; the scarcity society, William Ophuls. Part 2 Ecology and the structure of the international system: laws, states and super-states - international law and the environment, R.J. Johnston; the shadow ecologies of Western economies, Jim MacNeill et al; the green revolution - the American environmental movement, 1962-1992, Kirkpatrick Sale; the emergence of the environmental movement in Eastern Europe and its role in the revolutions of 1989, Duncan Fisher; fight for the forest, Chico Mendes and Tony Gross. Part 3 The prospects for international environmental co-operation: ozone diplomacy, Richard Elliot Benedick; ozone-layer depletion and global warming - new sources for environmental disputes, Ian H. Rowlands; skinning scientific cats, Sheila Jasanoff; global warming in an unequel world - a case of environmental colonialism, Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain; appraising the Earth Summit - how should we judge UNCED's success?, Peter M. Haas et al. Part 4 Institutions as if the earth mattered: the case for free trade, Jagdish Bhagwati; the perils of free trade, Herman E. Daly; the emperor's new clothes - the World Bank and environmental reform, Bruce Rich; the role of the World Bank, Kenneth Piddington. Part 5 The sustainable-development debate: towards sustainable development - World Commission on Environment and Development; whose common future?, Larry Lohmann; sustainable development - a critical review, Sharachchandra M. Lele. Part 6 From ecological conflict to environmental security?: environmental scarcities and violent conflict - evidence from cases, Thomas F. Homer-Dixon; environmental security - how it works, Norman Myers; the case against linking environmental degradation and national security, Daniel Deudney; for whose benefit? - redefining security, Somaya Saad. Part 7 Ecological justice: the need for eco-justice, Petra Kelly; statement to the UN Conference on Environment and Development, Mahathir Mohamad; two agendas on Amazon - Co-ordinating Body for the Indigenous Peoples' Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA); women, poverty and population - issues for the concerned environmentalist, Gita Sen.

A collection of key writings on the politics of international ecology from the last two decades