Statehouse and greenhouse
Subtitle: the stealth politics of American climate change policy
By: Barry G. Rabe.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Government policy -- United States; Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Economic aspects -- United States
Description: "Few public policy issues seem as hopeless as climate change. A gridlocked U.S. national government has abandoned the Kyoto process while evidence of significant climate change mounts. Washington, D.C., is not the only place where public policy is made, however, and inertia is not the story of this book. Many U.S. states have developed innovative programs to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Statehouse and Greenhouse examines this evolving policy process, considers where it may be heading, and explores what it could mean for climate policy as well as for American government and federalism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: The politics of climate change, state style; title: The economics of climate change policy; title: The mechanics of climate change policy; title: An unlikely front-runner in climate change policy; title: Looking ahead to the next generation of climate change policy.