| Environmental and Nuclear Networks in the Global South Contributor(s): Alcaņiz, Isabella (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107150116 ISBN-13: 9781107150119 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear |
| Dewey: 333.792 |
| LCCN: 2016286132 |
| Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For decades, expert bureaucrats have been moving regularly across borders, from their home institutions to international organizations, and forging collaborative networks with peers. Analyzing over twenty years of environmental and nuclear technology projects data for 150 countries, this book provides a comprehensive study of international cooperation among elite bureaucrats in developing states. An empirical study that will interest researchers, undergraduate, and graduate students of political and social sciences, this is the first book to explain the causes of transnational cooperation in the Global South and find a link between domestic level of skills and international cooperation. The author methodically illustrates how state experts with high skills can reap the benefits of international technical cooperation. In contrast, bureaucrats with low skills cannot forge stable collaborative ties with foreign peers and gain little from participating in these transgovernmental networks. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alcaniz, Isabella: - Isabella Alcaņiz is Assistant Professor and the Harrison Distinguished Professor in Environmental Politics at the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park. Professor Alcaņiz grew up in South America and has carried out extensive field research in Latin America and Africa. She has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Houston, and universities in Argentina and Europe. Her research is published in World Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, the Latin American Research Review, Latin American Perspectives, and Environmental Science and Policy. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University, Illinois. |