This book puts forward a distinctive theoretical approach and analytical framework for studying business as an international actor in the environmental field, and provides detailed case studies of the most important environmental challenges in recent years.

ROBERT FALKNER is Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and Associate Fellow of the Energy, Environment and Development Programme at Chatham House. His recent publications includeThe International Politics of Genetically Modified Food: Diplomacy, Trade and Law (edited)

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Introduction: Global Firms in International Environmental Politics Business Power and Business Conflict: A Neo-Pluralist Perspective PART TWO: CASE STUDIES Ozone Layer Depletion Global Climate Change Agricultural Biotechnology PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS International Environmental Politics and Business Power: Conclusions and Implications