Non-Human Nature in World Politics: Theory and Practice

Contents
Introduction: Embracing Non-Human Nature in World Politics
	Introduction
	References
Theoretical Investigations
The End of Normal Politics: Assemblages, Non-Humans and International Relations
	Introduction
	Autogeddon: The Price of Automobility
	Brexit
	Climate Crisis
	Conclusion: An Assemblage Politics
	References
Across Species and Borders: Political Representation, Ecological Democracy and the Non-Human
	Introduction
	Just One Political Animal? Modes of Exclusion
	Ecological Citizens? Visions of Non-Human Inclusion
	Posthuman Representation: A Materialism of Shared Worlds
	Visions of Transnational Ecological Democracy: Governing with the Non-Human
	References
A Quantum Anthropocene? International Relations Between Rupture and Entanglement
	Introduction
	The Anthropocene as Rupture
	The Anthropocene as Entanglement
	Conclusion
	References
Ecologies of Globalization: Mountain Governance and Multinatural Planetary Politics
	Introduction
	Mountains in Environmental Governance
	What are Mountains?
	The Greater Kailash Transboundary Region: A Case Study
	Routes
	Conclusion
	References
Conflicting Temporalities and the Ecomodernist Vision of Rewilding
	Introduction
	The Terms of the Debate
	Love Your Monsters
	Learning in the Anthropocene
	Ever Higher Stakes
	Conclusion
	References
Elias in the Anthropocene: Human Nature, Evolution and the Politics of the Great Acceleration
	Introduction
	The Sociology of Knowledge, Evolutionary Sequence and Big History
	Elias on Human Nature, ‘Second Nature’ and Non-Human Nature
		The Great Evolution
		Human Nature, ‘Second Nature’ and the Rest of Nature
		The Society of Individuals, Survival Units and the Interiorization of the Self: Elias, Lévy-Bruhl and Ong
		Rationalization, Disenchantment and Problems of Meaning: Elias and Barfield
	The Paradox of Civilization and the Great Acceleration
		The Process of Civilization and Ecological Integrity
		An Ecological Civilizing Process?
	Avoiding the Ecological Sword of Damocles
	Conclusion: Eco-Modernization, Degrowth and (Supra)National World Order
	References
Empirical Investigations
Anthropocentrisation and Its Discontents in Indonesia: Indigenous Communities, Non-Human Nature and Anthropocentric Political–Economic Governance
	Introduction
	The Modern State and Anthropocentrisation
	The VOC and the Exploitation of the Non-Human Nature
	Colonial State-Building: Territorialisation and Control Over People and Nature
	The Postcolonial State, Developmentalism and Further Institutionalisation of Anthropocentrism
	Fragmentation, Decentralisation and Internationalisation: Stronger Resistance, Stronger Pressure
	Concluding Remarks: The Contest Continues
	References
Ecological Civilization: The Political Rhetoric of “Marxism with Chinese Characteristics”
	Introduction: The Potential of Rhetorical Marxism for Environmental Policy
	Ecological Civilization
	The Legacy of Marxism in China
	China’s Drive for Political and Cultural Superiority
	China’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
	The Implementation of Ecological Civilization so Far
	Conclusion
	References
America First: The Trump Effect on Climate Change Policy
	Introduction
	The U.S. Commitment to Curbing Climate Change: The History of a Laggard
	The Trump Administration’s Attack on Science
		The Suppression of Science and Science-Based Findings
		The Politicization of Science
	Trump’s Reversal of Obama-Era Climate Change Policies
	Sub-National and Civil Society Actors as Protagonists in the Service of Protecting the Planet
	Conclusion
	References
Rights of Nature in the European Union: Contemplating the Operationalization of an Eco-Centric Concept in an Anthropocentric Environment?
	Introduction
	Rights of Nature: What, Where, When and How?
		Not Such a Novel Idea, After All?
		Rights, Standing and Legal Remedies
		Guardians at Work
		Inherent Obstacles, Limited Effectiveness and Recurring Criticism
		Interim Conclusion
	The Interplay Between the EU Legal Order and Rights of Nature: An Environmental Frontrunner, in Word and Practice?
		The EU as a Self-Declared Environmental Frontrunner?
		A More Ambivalent Practice?
	Procedural and Substantive Obstacles: No Standing for Nature and Climate, After All?
		No Explicit Recognition of Rights of Nature in the EU Treaties
		Procedural Impediments and Unexpected Opportunities: Can EU’s Endangered Nature Be Represented Before Court?
		Substantive Flaws and Deficiencies: Going Beyond Legal Formalism, Protecting Ecological Integrity in the EU?
		Interim Conclusion
	Sparks of Hope: Promising Recent Jurisprudential Evolutions as New Pathways?
		The Legal Teeth of the Precautionary Principle as a Progressive Starting Point
		The Integrity of EU-Protected Nature Partly Preserved
		A Restoration Imperative, with Legal Teeth?
		Nature Trumps Vested Interests
		Interim Conclusion
	Avenues to the Future: A New Directive, Treaty Modification or National Legislation?
		A Rights of Nature Directive: A Tempting yet Unpersuasive Quick Legal Fix
		Amending the EU Treaties: Balancing Between Theory and Pragmatism
		National Legislation and Litigation: The Ultimate Lever
	Conclusion and Outlook
	References
The European Union’s Diplomacy: Protecting Non-Human Nature?
	Introduction
	Analytical Framework
	The EU’s Internal Environmental Regime
	EU Diplomacy and the Protection of Non-Human Nature
		Climate Change
		Biodiversity
		Arctic Environmental Governance
		Comparative Summary
	EU Diplomacy and Non-Human Nature: Effects
		EU Institutional Effectiveness
		EU Ecological Effectiveness
	Conclusion
	References
Trust and the WWF in the Arctic
	Introduction
	The Project and Data Collection
	The Interconnectedness of Trust and Networks
	The WWF and Its Global Arctic Programme
		WWF: An Overview
		Working with WWF: Reflections from Arctic State Officials
	Conclusion
	References
A Typology of Direct Action at Sea
	Introduction
	Direct Action
	Conducting Direct Action at Sea
	Applications of Direct Action at Sea
		Traditional Direct Action
		Service Provision
		Direct Enforcement
		Types of Direct Enforcement
	Activist-State Relations
		Acquiescence and Antipathy
		Concurrence
		Collaboration
	Conclusion
	References
The IPBES Conceptual Framework: Enhancing the Space for Plurality of Knowledge Systems and Paradigms
	Introduction
	Environmental Knowledge, Production and Change: Setting the Context for IPBES
		IPBES Conceptual Framework: An Overview
		Plurality and Values Underlying Environmental Knowledge
		Expose to Transform: Deep Leverage
		Enhancing Plurality: Four Concepts
	The Framework: Achievements and Persistent Weaknesses
		Achievements
		Persistent Weaknesses
	The ‘Third Space’: Radical Reflection and the Transcending of Paradigms
	Conclusions
	References
Concluding Discussion: The Planetary Is Not the End of the International
	Situating Anthropocentric IR
	Is the Planet Obscuring the International?
	A Materialist International
	Final Remarks
	References