POLSCI 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-17-17: Kyoto Protocol, Social Movement, Power Transition Theory
17 Oct 2017
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We didn"t ratify the kyoto protocol because it did not have binding emissions reductions for developing countries, and they wanted developing countries to reduce emissions as well. If a resource is nonexcludable but rival, that means that one person using the resources reduces the resources for other people (common in fishing). Beth simmons" views on what human rights treaties enable citizens/elites to do to mobilize: Top-down; believe in rights and can make policies (elites) Three characteristics of international law (can be high or low) Procedural norms (governs decision making processes; ex: security council decisions) Constitutive (defines which actors are legitimate - who counts) Polluting industries are able to win in environmental discussions because they are small and can work together. Bargaining between the us and china continues to rise is dangerous because of a commitment problem because no one can predict the power transition (who will be more powerful). Race to the bottom (standards, wages, labor, regulations)
