NDLI: A contingency theory of policy innovation: how different theories explain the ratification of the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol

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Author	Yamagata, Yoshiki Yang, Jue Galaskiewicz, Joseph
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	This article tests theories, elaborated by rationalists, constructivists, and network theorists, that explain the ratification of international environmental treaties. Rationalists argue that countries’ material self-interest and political and economic conditions affect the likelihood of countries ratifying treaties. Constructivists argue that countries are influenced by exposure to world society. Structural embeddedness theory argues that countries are influenced by neighboring countries, religion, language, and economic peers, and those whom they have network ties to via diplomatic relations and IGO memberships. The article is a study of how these factors affected the ratification of two environmental treaties: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The results show that political and economic factors, peer behavior, and network ties were more important in explaining the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol than the UNFCCC. Similar to von Stein (J Conflict Resolut 52:243–268, 2008), it found that exposure to world society was important in the UNFCCC. The authors suggested that the differences were due to the demands which the Kyoto Protocol placed on countries in contrast to the “softness” of the UNFCCC. They also discussed how social influence—based on a variety of inter-governmental relations and affiliations—may signal a change in the structure of the global environmental regime and how it conducts its business.
Starting Page	251
Ending Page	270
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15679764
Journal	International Environmental Agreements
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15731553
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-08-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Social networks International organization Kyoto Protocol UNFCCC Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Environmental Management Environmental Economics Nature Conservation Political Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Political Science and International Relations Law Economics and Econometrics

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