Turning Down the Heat

The Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies
2008. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-20204-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This study analyses the politics of climate policy in a range of affluent democracies and at EU level in order to identify political strategies that would make it easier for governments to make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions without sustaining significant political damage.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Compston, H.

Bailey, I.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; H.Compston  & I.Bailey PART I: CONTEXT Climate Policy: Issues and Opportunities; T.Barker Political Science Perspectives on Climate Policy; G.Bryner The International Dimension of Climate Policy; D.Davenport PART II: ANALYSIS The European Union and the Politics of Multi-Level Climate Governance; C.Damro  & D.McKenzie Federal Climate Politics in the United States: Polarization and Paralysis; P.Brewer  & A.Pease Hot Air and Cold Feet: The UK Response to Climate Change; I.Lorenzoni, T.O'Riordan  & N.Pidgeon France: Towards an Alternative Climate Policy Template?; J.Szarka German Climate Policy between Global Leadership and Muddling Through; A.Michaelowa Conflict and Consensus: The Swedish Model of Climate Politics; L.Friberg Prometheanism and the Greek Energy Zugzwang; I.Botetzagias Facing up to the Greenhouse Challenge? Australian Climate Politics; I.Bailey  & S.Maresh Explaining the Failure of Canadian Climate Policy; D.Mcdonald Climate Policy in the United States: State and Regional Leadership; A.M.Chatrchyan  & P.M.Doughman PART III: CONCLUSIONS Political Strategy and Climate Policy; H.Compston  & I.Bailey

Über Autor(innen)

HUGH COMPSTON is a Reader in the Department of Politics, Cardiff School of European Studies, Cardiff University, UK, and has written extensively on public policy and policy-making. Recent publications include (2006), and (edited, 2004).

IAN BAILEY is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Plymouth, UK. He has published widely on the use of economic instruments and voluntary agreements in UK, EU and Australian climate policy, and on the construction of multi-level climate governance regimes.