The complexities and scope of environmental issues have not only outpaced the capacities and responsiveness of traditional political actors but also generated new innovations, constituencies, and approaches to governing environmental problems. In response, comparative environmental politics (CEP) has emerged as a vibrant and growing field of scholarly inquiry, embracing new questions and methods even as it addresses enduring questions in the broader field of comparative politics. Utilizing a range of methodological approaches, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics delves into more traditional forms of CEP--the political economy of natural resources and the role of corporations and supply chains--while also showcasing new trends in CEP scholarship, particularly the comparative study of environmental injustice and intersectional inequities.Moving beyond the field's earlier work that focused on cross-national comparisons of political institutions, regulatory styles, and state-society relations, the Handbook includes approaches from political science, anthropology, sociology, geography, gender theory, law, human rights, and development studies. Moreover, the chapters highlight scholarship from a broader range of regions, and analyze the construction and diffusion of norms, rights, ethics, and ideology across the globe and through various social movements (with a focus on approaches from the Global South). Including 42 chapters, organized across 9 sections, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics explores some of the most important environmental issues through the lens of comparative politics, including energy, climate change, food, health, urbanization, waste, and sustainability.

List of ContributorsIntroduction: Comparative Environmental PoliticsJeannie SowersErika WeinthalStacy D. VanDeveerPart 1: STATES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE1. The Environmental State and its LimitsJames Meadowcroft2. California's Environmental Policy LeadershipDavid Vogel3. Assessing 30 Years of Neoliberal Environmental Management in Chile: Effective, Democratic or Neither?Javiera Barandiar?n4. Environment and Development: Crossing the Divide between Global South and Global NorthKathryn Hochstetler5. National Climate Mitigation Policy in EuropePaul TobinLouise Wylie6. Governing Flood and Climate Risks in Netherlands and Hungary: A Comparative ApproachElizabeth Albright7. The Politics of Climate Disasters, Social Inequality, and Perceptions of Government AssistanceIsabella Alca?izAna Ivelisse Sanchez-Rivera8. Implementation of International Environmental Law: A Comparative PerspectiveMaria IvanovaNatalia Escobar-PemberthyAnna DubrovaCandace Famiglietti9. Comparative International Fisheries ManagementElizabeth R. DeSombrePart 2: METHODS AND CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS10. Interpretive Methodologies, Quantitative Methods, and Comparative Environment PoliticsJ. Samuel BarkinV. Miranda ChaseSaskia van Wees11. Ethnography in Comparative Environmental Politics: Insights from the Water and Waste FieldsRaul Pacheco-Vega12. An Intersectional Exploration of Climate InstitutionsAnnica KronsellGunnhildur Lily MagnusdottirNanna RaskBenedict E. Singleton13. Gender and Comparative Environmental Politics: Examining Population Debates Through Gender LensesNicole DetrazPart 3: Movements and Activism14. Environmental Justice, Climate Justice, and Animal Liberation Movements: Confronting the Problem of Social DifferenceDavid Naguib Pellow15. Civil Society, Networks and Contention around Environmental IssuesJennifer HaddenJennifer Iris Allan16. Time and Place in Climate Activism: Three Urgency-Induced DebatesJoost de Moor17. The Comparative Politics of Environmental Activism in Russia: Strategic Adaptation to AuthoritarianismLaura A. Henry18. Anglo Fears: Rejection of Climate Science and Anglo AnxietyPeter J. Jacques19. Civil Disobedience, Sabotage, and Violence in US Environmental ActivismJoseph BrownPart 4: Markets and Firms in Comparative Environmental Politics20. Territory, Private Authority, and Rights: The Place of Land Rights in Sustainable Agriculture and Forest CertificationTim Bartley21. Comparing Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Blindspots, Biases, and Pathways ForwardHamish van der Ven22. Continuity and Change in Carbon Market PoliticsCarley ChavaraChristian ElliotMatthew HoffmanMatthew PatersonPart 5: Environmental Justice and Rights23. The Comparative Politics of Environmental JusticeKemi-Fuentes George24. Toward a Comparative Politics of Environmental Justice: Critical Perspectives on Representation, Equity, and RightsKimberly R. Marion Suiseeya25. Globalization of Environmental Justice: A Framework for ResearchPrakash Kashwan26. Rights of Nature: Institutions, Law and Policy for Sustainable DevelopmentCraig Kauffman27. Implementing Environmental Rights: Reviewing the Evidence from Research and PracticeJoshua GellersChris Jeffords28. Gendering the Human Right to Water in the Context of Sustainable DevelopmentFarhana SultanaPart 6: Natural Resources and Political Economy29. Green Industrial Policy in Comparative Perspective: Supporting Renewable Energy Industry Development in Emerging EconomiesJoanna I. Lewis30. Natural Resources and the Politics of DistributionMohannad Al-SuwaidanNimah Mazaheri31. Temporality, Limited Statehood, and Africa's Abandoned MinesW. R. Nad?ge Compaor?Nathan Andrews32. Illegal Wildlife Trade in the Mekong: The Interplay of Actors, Legal Governance, and Political EconomySongkhun NillasithanukrohEkta PatelEdmund MaleskyErika WeinthalPart 7: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY TRANSITIONS33. Fracked Taxpayers and Communities: Shale Economies in US and ArgentinaShanti Gamper-Rabindran34. Renewable Energy, Energy Poverty, and Climate Change: Opportunities and (Many) ChallengesMicha?l Aklin35. Renewable Energy Supply Chains and the Just TransitionDustin Mulvaney36. The Rise and Fall of Fossil Fuels: Two Moments in the Energy History of the Middle East and their Global ConsequencesDaniel RabinowitzPart 8: Cities And Sustainability37. Cities and the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Agency-Centered Research AgendaChristopher Gore38. Reclaiming the Circular Economy: Informal Work and Grassroots PowerManisha Anantharaman39. Urban Climate Adaptation: Discontents and Alternative PoliticsEric ChuLinda ShiPart 9: Environment, Resources and Violence40. War and Environmental Politics: A Comparative PerspectiveJeannie SowersErika Weinthal41. Climate and Conflict: Lessons from the Syria CaseMarwa Daoudy42. The Integration of Conservation and Security: Political Ecologies of Violence and the Illegal Wildlife TradeRosaleen DuffyFrancis Mass?