Table of Contents

Abbreviations
1: Stratospheric Ozone and Its Protection: Introduction and Background
2: Early Stratospheric Science, Chlorofluorocarbons, and the Emergence of Environmental Concern
3: Setting the Stage: National Action and Early International Efforts, 1970-1980
4: The Search for Knowledge-Based Resolution: Science and Scientific Assessment, 1976-1985
5: Negotiations and Strategy, 1980-1987
6: Eliminating Chlorofluorocarbons: Science, Assessment, and Responses, 1986-1988
7: Industry Strategy and Technical Innovation, 1987-1992
8: Building an Adaptive Regime: The Protocol Evolving, 1989-1999
9: The Theoretical and Practical Significance of the Ozone Regime
Appendix A: List of Interviews
Appendix B: Archival Sources
Notes
References
Index

Reviews

"Parson integrates science, technology and politics in an account that breaks new ground, especially about the role of scientific assessments and the operation of institutions for adaptive management. Anyone teaching or writing about international environmental regimes needs to read this book."---Robert O. Keohane, James B. Duke Professor of Political Science, Duke University
"Parson has written an important and original book. His detailed exposition of science and politics makes this authoritative treatment of the ozone issue one that will engage scientists and social scientists alike. It is subtly argued, well documented, and clear. More importantly, it will serve as a guide to global cooperation on other environmental issues."---Mario J. Molina, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
"Parson documents the ozone layer story in great detail...His treatment in comprehensive, explaining clearly and in great detail the complexities of science, technology, and politics of the issue. The book will be of great interest to environmental scientists, policy makers, and students."--Wildlife Activist
"Parson integrates science, technology and politics in an account that breaks new ground, especially about the role of scientific assessments and the operation of institutions for adaptive management. Anyone teaching or writing about international environmental regimes needs to read this book."---Robert O. Keohane, James B. Duke Professor of Political Science, Duke University
"Parson has written an important and original book...[that] will engage scientists and social scientists alike. It is subtly argued, well documented, and clear. More importantly, it will serve as a guide to global cooperation on other environmental issues."---Mario J. Molina, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
"This is an exceptionally fine book, and a true pleasure to read. It provides an unprecedentedly thorough empirical history of the most important (and singularly successful) international environmental agreement and management regime that has yet been created, and it is both provocative and insightful in using that history to correct widespread presumptions and conventional wisdoms about its key events and causes. This book will almost certainly be recognized
as the definitive treatment of the ozone layer management regime, and as a major contribution to the literatures of science policy, environmental policy, and international relations. It is
articulately written, making even quite detailed and complex issues of both science and policy accessible to a broad readership."---Richard N.L. (Pete) Andrews, Professor of Environmental Policy, University of North Carolina
"Parson documents the ozone layer story in great detail...His treatment in comprehensive, explaining clearly and in great detail the complexities of science, technology, and politics of the issue. The book will be of great interest to environmental scientists, policy makers, and students."--Wildlife Activist