Ocean Politics And Policy: A Reference Handbook (contemporary World Issues) [Hardcover]

A sweeping overview of the problems, politics, and policies of international and domestic management of the world's oceans.

The world ocean is one of the most important global resources. Without it most life on earth would not survive because the ocean provides temperature regulation and produces oxygen, among other vital functions. However, this life-sustaining resource faces dangerous threats from over fishing, industrial wastes, oil pollution, and loss of biodiversity.

Ocean Politics and Policycovers the major types of pollution, deep sea-bed mining, international jurisdictional disputes, and piracy, examining the underlying reasons for these problems and providing practical policy suggestions for reducing their impact. Special focus is placed on historical and contemporary ocean laws, from the concept of freedom of the seas to the 2001 Fishery Stock Agreement. Solving the problems facing the world ocean should be a high priority for the international community, and this book provides a starting place for this process.

Peter JacquesPeter Jacquesis currently finishing his PhD at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, in political science, studying global environmental politics.

Zachary Smithis Regents' Professor of political science at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.

[T]his is a useful reference work for undergraduates . . . Highly recommended. General readers and undergraduate collections. Choice

An excellent compliation of material on issues affecting the oceans of the world . . . Recommended for any library. Reference & User Services Quarterly

[P]art of the Contemporary World Issues series that addresses topics vital to modern society such as genetic engineering, pollution, and biodiversity . . . The series provides a good first point of reference for research on these issues by high school and college students, scholars, and general real^