Turning Down the Heat [electronic resource] : The Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies /
Compston, H.editor.
Bailey, I.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Box and Figures; Main Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Context; 1 Climate Policy: Issues and Opportunities; 2 Political Science Perspectives on Climate Policy; 3 The International Dimension of Climate Policy; Part II: Analysis; 4 The European Union and the Politics of Multi-Level Climate Governance; 5 Federal Climate Politics in the United States: Polarization and Paralysis; 6 Hot Air and Cold Feet: The UK Response to Climate Change; 7 France: Towards an Alternative Climate Policy Template?
8 German Climate Policy Between Global Leadership and Muddling Through9 Conflict and Consensus: The Swedish Model of Climate Politics; 10 Prometheanism and the Greek Energy Zugzwang; 11 Facing up to the Greenhouse Challenge? Australian Climate Politics; 12 Explaining the Failure of Canadian Climate Policy; 13 Climate Policy in the USA: State and Regional Leadership; Part III: Conclusions; 14 Political Strategy and Climate Policy; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political science.
Environmental policy.
Climate change.
International relations.
Political Science.
Environmental Politics.
Climate Change.
International Relations.