A watershed on the Rhine: Changing approaches to international environmental cooperation |
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| Authors: | Marco Verweij |
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| Institution: | (1) Max Planck Projektgruppe Recht der Gemeinschaftsgueter, Poppelsdorfer Allee 45, 53115 Bonn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Since the 1950s, the governments of the riparian countries of the Rhine have attempted to protect the ecosystems of the river
basin through international cooperation. Before 1987, their relations were unproductive and antagonistic. International programs
for the protection of Rhine were far less effective than domestic policies. From 1987 onwards, international cooperation on
the protection of the Rhine has been exemplary, and has led the way in domestic and international water protection policies.
Many existing frameworks of international relations are not able to offer an adequate account of this wholesale change. In
this article, an attempt is undertaken with the help of grid-group theory.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | grid-group theory international cooperation Rhine river water pollution |
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