Patricia M. Keilbach, Ph.D.

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March 2009
Ashgate Press

Edited by Miranda Schreurs, Free University of Berlin, Germany, Henrik Selin, Boston University, USA, and Stacy D. Van Deveer, University of New Hampshire, USA
Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics: International and Comparative Perspectives (2009) Ashgate Press.

Patricia M. Keilbach, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Chapter 7. Transatlantic food fights in an era of globalization: when menus, rules and choices collide.

Environmental and energy policies have become increasingly significant in European and North American politics. This fascinating book uses a wide range of case studies that embrace climate change, product standards, chemical regulations, renewable energy policies, food safety and genetically-modified organisms to examine areas of conflict and cooperation in the transatlantic relationship.

While there are many areas where the European Union and the United States are following divergent policy paths, there are also many signs that a more cooperative transatlantic relationship could emerge in the future. Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics is highly relevant to understanding how the European Union and North America can cooperate more effectively in meeting today's many global environmental and energy policy challenges. It is essential reading for all advanced students and scholars.

Reviews: ' …offers an outstanding collection of cutting-edge research on environment and energy politics. Due to its both international and comparative focus, it is of great interest for academics as well as professionals and policy analysts. The book includes valuable insights not only for those interested in these policy areas, but also for readers interested in global governance more generally.'
Christoph Knill, University of Konstanz, Germany

'A valuable and much needed contribution to the comparative study of European and American regulatory policies. Its comprehensive and exhaustively researched essays present a fascinating and informative portrait of the distinctive ways policy-makers on both sides of the Altantic have addressed – or failed to address – a wide range of contemporary regulatory issues and problems.'
David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, USA

'There is an assumption amongst environmental policy analysts that European laws and policies are much stronger than those in North America. This comprehensive, coherent and thought provoking volume brings together a strong team of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to assess whether this widely shared view has any basis in reality.'
Andrew Jordan, University of East Anglia, UK

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Volume 9, Number 3, August 2009.

Keilbach, Patricia M., University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse (review)
Global Environmental Politics - Volume 9, Number 3, August 2009.

Reviewed: Charlotte Epstein. 2008. The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of an Anti-Whaling Discourse. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press

Reviewed by Patricia M. Keilbach
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Charlotte Epstein’s book will find its way on to the required reading lists of students, scholars and practitioners interested in understanding how ideational and normative forces shape outcomes in international relations. While this is not the first time the shift from whaling to anti-whaling has been analyzed, this is the first contribution to the literature to uncover the social powers creating a change in understanding of the relationship between humans and whales. Epstein’s book stands out not only because it provides a very rich analysis of the historical trends in whaling. Rather, what makes this book exceptional is that this lens on whaling gives us significant insight into the power of words, ideas, and normative interests and how they work to reshape international relations. Epstein’s book uncovers the real story about whaling, successfully explaining why worldwide attitudes toward whaling shifted in the second half of the twentieth century from acceptance to moral censure. Material forces do not explain this shift: whales had been known to be endangered because of whaling and yet humans had failed to act on those material interests, even in face of near collapse of the industry. The new anti-whaling ethics emerged because states reconstructed their interests, and Epstein shows us how and why.

Throughout the ages humans have been virtually spellbound by whales. These massive and majestic creatures conjure images of both danger and intrigue. One simultaneously imagines the challenges of Moby Dick in his quest for revenge against the giant whale Ahab, and the courage of Paikea the Whale Rider who traveled the vast distance on a back of whale to found a civilization. These mammals are resource-rich, providing an abundance of materials for human consumption and economic gain. They are also highly intelligent and social creatures, traveling vast distances, living long lives, communicating and developing organized social structures and connections. For these and other reasons, the interaction between humans and whales has a mixed history. [...] (August 2009, GEP).

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 Instructor's Manual by Patricia M. Keilbach, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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Volume 6, Number 4, November 2006

Keilbach, Patricia M.
EU Enlargement and the Environment: Institutional Change and Environmental Policy in Central and Eastern Europe (review)
Global Environmental Politics - Volume 6, Number 4, November 2006, pp. 132-134.

The MIT Press

Patricia M. Keilbach - Global Environmental Politics 6.4 (2006) 132-134. Reviewed by Patricia M. Keilbach University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Carmin, JoAnn, and Stacy D. VanDeveer, eds. 2005. EU Enlargement and the Environment: Institutional Change and Environmental Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. London, UK: Routledge Press.

This volume is a valuable contribution to the literature on EU enlargement and the environment. JoAnn Carmin and Stacy VanDeveer bring together a collection of articles focusing on the impact of the EU enlargement process, policies and pressures on environmental initiatives in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The book analyzes the impact of international pressures, domestic constraints and opportunities, and civil society, on CEE countries joining the EU. By posing challenging questions to guide the inquiry, and by highlighting up front the main factors influencing outcomes, the editors structure the discussion in a useful way. Between...

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Volume 8,  Issue 1 - January 2005 , pp. 107-114.

Keilbach, Patricia M.
Local Initiaives and Comparative Perspectives on the Global Enviornmental Prolematique. (review essay)
Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy - Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2005, pp. 107-114.

 
   We cannot escape the environmental consequences of humankind's 
   collective actions. It is clearly in our own interest to work 
   together to minimize the threats to our well-being. (1) 

INTRODUCTION

Global environmental problems--such as ozone depletion, climate change, acid rain, toxic dumping, desertification, and biodiversity loss--challenge the human community in profound ways and generate enormous tasks for science, technology, and social organization. When looking at the broad range and the large number of global environmental problems and challenges, students are easily dismayed by how complex the problems are and easily disillusioned by the prospect of ...

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(ISBN-13: 9780521533584 | ISBN-10: 0521533589)
January 2004
Cambridge University Press

International institutions vary widely in terms of key institutional features such as membership, scope, and flexibility. Barbara Koremenos, Charles Lipson, and Duncan Snidal argue that this is so because international actors are goal-seeking agents who make specific institutional design choices to solve the particular cooperation problems they face in different issue-areas. Using a Rational Design approach, they explore five important features of institutions--membership, scope, centralization, control, and flexibility--and explain their variation in terms of four independent variables that characterize different cooperation problems: distribution, number of actors, enforcement, and uncertainty. The contributors to the volume then evaluate a set of conjectures in specific issue areas.

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Volume 55, Issue 04, November 2001, pp 891-917

Ronald B. Mitchell and Patricia M. Keilbach
Situation Structure and Institutional Design: Reciprocity, Coercion, and Exchange (journal article)
International Organization , Volume 55, Issue 04, November 2001, pp 891-917.

Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Jul 2003.