Democracy and Climate Change

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-24804-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Routledge Global Cooperation Series

Democracy and Climate Change explores the various ways in which democratic principles can lead governments to respond differently to climate change. The election cycle can lead to short-termism, which often appears to be at odds with the long-term nature of climate change, with its latency between cause and effect. However, it is clear that some democracies deal with climate change better than others, and this book demonstrates that overall stronger democratic qualities tend to correlate with improved climate performance.

Beginning by outlining a general concept of democratic efficacy, the book provides an empirical analysis of the influence of the quality of democracy on climate change performance across dozens of countries. The specific case study of Canada’s Kyoto Protocol process is then used to explain the mechanisms of democratic influence in depth. The wide-ranging research presented in the book opens up several new and exciting avenues of enquiry and will be of considerable interest to researchers with an interest in comparative politics, democracy studies and environmental policies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hanusch, Frederic

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I The Bases for the Analyses

Chapter 2. The unknown influence of democratic qualities on climate performance

Chapter 3. The concept and the operationalization of democratic efficacy

Part II. An Empirical Analysis of the Democracy-Climate Nexus

Chapter 4. Analysis I: more leads to more –positive statistical trends

Chapter 5. Analysis II: Canada’s Kyoto Protocol process, 1995-2012 - a case study perspective

Chapter 6. 1995-1997: Chrétien makes use of the prerogative

Chapter 7. 1998-2002: futile consultations

Chapter 8. 2003-2005: undemocratic unpredictability

Chapter 9. 2006-2012: democratic weakening and climate change as a shield issue

Chapter 10. Discussion analysis II: linkages between democratic quality and climate performance

Part III. Synergy

Chapter 11. Overall discussion

Chapter 12. Conclusion

Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Frederic Hanusch is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany.