Oberthuer, Sebastian, and Olav Schram Stokke, eds. 2011. Managing Institutional Complex-ity: Regime Interplay and Global Environmental Change. Cambridge, MA: MTT Press.

摘要

With the steady increase of the number of international treaties, estimated at more than 55,000 in 1997, including some 900 multilateral agreements on environmental matters (p. 5), the issues of fragmentation, overlap, and potential conflict between international regimes are drawing increased attention. In particular, the uncoordinated development of international policy within and between areas has given rise to concerns about the effectiveness of these international efforts, notably with regard to environmental issues.