CIGI Chair in International Governance and Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies,
University of Waterloo
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CIGI Chair in International Governance and Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies,University of Waterloo
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Degrees: B.A. Economics (University of Michigan), M.Sc., Ph.D. International Relations (London School of Economics)
Contact information:
Faculty of Environmental Studies
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
CANADA
Tel: 519-888-4567 x 32068
email: jclapp @ uwaterloo.ca
Research Areas: Global environmental politics and governance; environment and development; trade and environment/agriculture; global politics of waste; agricultural biotechnology and implications for developing countries; transnational corporations and environment.
Research and Editorial Positions:
CIGI Chair, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Waterloo, Ontario
Co-editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics. (2008-12)
Editorial Board Member of the journal Global Governance.
Contributing Editor, Alternatives Journal.
Fall Term 2008 Courses:
Governing Global Food and Agriculture (graduate course); Global Food Systems (undergraduate course)
ERS-PSCI 606 Governing Global Food and Agriculture/ERS-PSCI 489-GEOG 429 Global Food Systems
Publications
Books:
Forthcoming, 2009. Corporate Power in Global Agrifood Governance, co-edited with Doris Fuchs (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
2008. Corporate Accountability and Sustainable Development, co-edited with Peter Utting (Delhi: Oxford University Press).
2005. Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment, co-authored with Peter Dauvergne (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press).
2001. Toxic Exports: The Transfer of Hazardous Wastes from Rich to Poor Countries. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press).
1997. Adjustment and Agriculture in Africa : Farmers, the State, and the World Bank in Guinea. (International Political Economy Series) (London and New York: Macmillan and St. Martin's Press).
Articles, Working Papers and Book Chapters:
2008. "A Global Outlook on Food Studies", Food, Culture and Society, Vol.11, No.3, September, pp.275-80.
2008. “Illegal GMO Releases and Corporate Responsibility: Questioning the Effectiveness of Voluntary Measures”, Ecological Economics, Vol66, No.2-3, pp.348-358.
2008. “Corporate Responsibility, Accountability and Law: an Introduction” (co-authored with Peter Utting) in Corporate Accountability and Sustainable Development, edited by Peter Utting and Jennifer Clapp (Delhi: Oxford University Press) 2008: 1-33.
2008. “Corporate Accountability in the Agro-Food Sector: The Case of Illegal GMO Releases”, in Corporate Accountability and Sustainable Development, edited by Peter Utting and Jennifer Clapp (Delhi: Oxford University Press) 2008: 129-154.
2007. “WTO Agriculture Negotiations and the Global South”, in Rorden Wilkinson and Donna Lee (eds), The WTO after Hong Kong ( London : Routledge) 2007 , pp.37-55.
2007. “Transnational Corporate Interests in International Biosafety Negotiations”, in Robert Falkner (ed) International Politics of Genetically Modified Food ( London : Palgrave), pp.34-47.
2007. “The Political Economy of Food Aid in an Era of Agricultural Biotechnology” in Robert Falkner (ed) International Politics of Genetically Modified Food ( London : Palgrave), 2006, pp.85-99.
2006. "Demystifying Doha: Making Sense of the WTO Agricultural Trade Talks", Harvard International Review, September.
2006. “WTO Agriculture Negotiations: Implications for the Global South”, Third World Quarterly Vol.27, No.4: pp.563-577
2006. "Developing Countries and the WTO Agriculture Negotiations", CIGI Working Paper No.6, March.
2006. "Unplanned Exposure to Genetically Modified Organisms: Divergent Responses in the Global South", Journal of Environment and Development. Vol 15, No.1: 3-21
2005. "The Political Economy of Food Aid in an Era of Agricultural Biotechnology" Global Governance, Vol.11, No.4: 467-485.
2005. "International Political Economy and the Environment," in M. Betsill, K. Hochstetler and D. Stevis (eds.), Palgrave Guide to International Environmental Politics (New York: Palgrave).
2005. "Global Environmental Governance for Corporate Responsibility and Accountability" Special issue of Global Environmental Politics Vol.5, No.3, pp.23-34.
2005. "Transnational Corporations and Global Environmental Governance," in Peter Dauvergne (ed.), Handbook of Global Environmental Politics (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar).
2005. "Responses to Environmental Threats in an Age of Globalization", in Robert Paehlke and Douglas Torgerson, Managing Leviathan, second edition, (Peterborough: Broadview Press).
2004. "WTO Agricultural Trade Battles and Food Aid", Third World Quarterly, Vol.25, No.8, pp.1439-1452.
2004. "The Privatization of Global Environmental Governance: ISO 14000 and the Developing World," in David Levy and Peter Newell, The Business of Global Environmental Governance (Cambridge: MIT Press).
2003. "Transnational corporate interests and global environmental governance: negotiating rules for agricultural biotechnology and chemicals", Environmental Politics, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 1-23.
2003. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Cross-border traffic in waste fails to address the problem of consumption", Alternatives, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 39-40.
2003. "Hazardous Waste and Human Security in Southeast Asia: Local - Global Linkages and Responses", in D. Dewitt and C. Hernandez (eds.) Development and Security in Southeast Asia, Volume I: The environment (London: Ashgate).
2003. "Environment, Development and Security in Southeast Asia: Exploring the Linkages", with Peter Dauvergne, in D. Dewitt and C. Hernandez (eds.) Development and Security in Southeast Asia, Volume I: The environment (London: Ashgate).
2002. "What the Pollution Havens Debate Overlooks", Global Environmental Politics, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 11-19.
2002. "Piles of Poisons: Despite NAFTA's green promises, hazardous waste problems are deepening in Mexico", Alternatives, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 25-26.
2002. "Seeping Through the Regulatory Cracks: The International Transfer of Toxic Waste", SAIS Review, Vol. 22, No. 1.
2002. "Distancing of Waste: Overconsumption in a Global Economy", in Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates and Ken Conca (eds.) Confronting Consumption (Cambridge: MIT Press).
2001. "Basel Convention", in T. Munn (ed.) Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change. (Chichester: John Wiley).
2001. "ISO Environmental Standards: Industry's Gift to a Polluted Globe or the Developed World's Competition-Killing Strategy?", in H.O. Bergesen, G. Parmann, and Ø.B. Thommessen (eds.), Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 2001 (London: Earthscan Publications), pp. 27-33.
2000. "Africa and the International Toxic Waste Trade", in Moses K. Tesi (ed.) The Environment and Development in Africa (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books).
1999. "Standard Inequities: ISO 14000 May Encourage Cleaner Production in Developing Countries but it may also Bring Higher Costs and Lower Performance Requirements". In: Gibson, R. (ed.) Voluntary Initiatives and the New Politics of Corporate Greening (Peterborough: Broadview Press).
1999. "The Illicit Trade in Hazardous Wastes and CFCs: International Responses to Environmental 'Bads'". In: Friman, R. and Andreas, P. The Illicit Global Economy and State Power. (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield).
1999. "The Global Economy and Environmental Change in Africa". In: Stubbs, R. and Underhill, G. (eds.), Political Economy and the Changing Global Order, second edition, (Oxford: OUP).
1998. "Global economic factors in Africa's environmental crisis". In:Akinrinade, S. and Sesay, A. (eds.). Africa in The Post-Cold War International System (London and Washington: Pinter Publishing Ltd.) pp. 195-213.
1998. "Foreign Direct Investment in Hazardous Industries in Developing Countries: Rethinking the Debate". Environmental Politics, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 92-113.
1998. "The Privatization of Global Environmental Governance: ISO 14000 and the Developing World". Global Governance, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 295-316.
1997. “Threats to the Environment in an Era of Globalization: An End to State Sovereignty?” in Ted Schrecker (ed) Surviving Globalism. London : Macmillan, 1997, pp.123-140.
1997. “The Illegal CFC Trade: An Unexpected Wrinkle in the Ozone Protection Regime”, International Environmental Affairs, Vol.9, No.4, pp.259-73
1995. “Guinea ’s Economic Performance under Structural Adjustment: Importance of Mining and Agriculture,” Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp.425-449. (co-authored with Dr. Bonnie Campbell, each responsible for 50%)
1994. “The toxic waste trade with less-industrialized countries: economic linkages and political alliances”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall, pp.505-518.
1994. “Africa , NGOs, and the international toxic waste trade,” Journal of Environment and Development, Vol. 3, No. 2, July, pp.17-46.
1994. “Explaining policy reform implementation in Guinea : the role of both internal and external factors,” Journal of International Development, Vol. 6, No. 3, June, pp. 307-326.
1994. “Guinea 's Foreign Policy: incorporation and marginalization in the new world order”, in T. Shaw and J. Okolo (eds.), The Political Economy of Foreign Policy in ECOWAS States. London : Macmillan, pp.47-65.
1993. “Interpreting agricultural performance in Guinea under structural adjustment,” Canadian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp.173-195.
Reports, Op-eds and Media
2008. "The Global Food Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Solutions?", Food for Thought Lecture, CIGI, May 13.
2008. "Stepping Up to the Plate: Rich nations must hand over more cash for food aid and reduce subsidies to their farmers", Editorial in Globe and Mail, April 30.
2008. "The Time has Come to Kill all the Plastic Bags", Editorial in Globe and Mail, February 11.
2008. "Single-Use Plastic Shopping Bags: Issues for the Region of Waterloo to Consider", with Linda Swanston and Justin Williams. Presented to Waterloo Regional Council February 2008.
2007. “Packaging Industry Needs a New Mould”, Editorial in The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, August 15.
2007. “Cash Donations Best Way to Help World’s Hungry”, Editorial in The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, January 24.
2006. “Developing Countries Must be Heard at Trade Talks”, Editorial in The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. September 7, 2006 .