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Abstract / Summary

This case study uses the U.S.-Canada acid rain dispute of the 1980s to draw important lessons for students, scholars, and practitioners of international relations. It explains factors common to most international conflicts, such as an asymmetrical distribution of effects, the asymmetrical distribution of power, the absence of a supranational authority, and disparate political cultures. The study then uses the acid rain negotiations to identify additional factors found in nearly all environmental disputes: commonly held resource characteristics, technical complexity, and scientific or economic uncertainty. This case distills these factors into an engaging narrative of U.S. and Canadian environmental policies of the 1980s.

Field of Interest

Global Issues

Author

Terry Forrest Young, fl. 1993, Vicki Golich, fl. 1993

Publisher

The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Copyright Message

Copyright © 1993 The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Content Type

Case study

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Page Count

37

Publication Year

1993

Publisher

Georgetown University. School of Foreign Service. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy

Place Published / Released

District of Columbia

Series Number

Case 186

Subject

Global Issues, Social Sciences, Environment and Ecological Issues, Negotiation in government, Air pollution, International relations, Environmental policy, Law, Ecology, Politics & Policy, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, Canada, United States, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Series / Program

Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Case Study Program

Keywords and Translated Subjects

United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos