Turning down the heat [electronic resource] : the politics of climate policy in affluent democracies / edited by Hugh Compston and Ian Bailey.
It is now generally agreed that climate change is occurring and that greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut very significantly if it is to be brought under control, yet governments in affluent democracies are not implementing policies that have the capacity to do this. As economists have identified...
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Basingstoke [England] ; New York :
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Table of Contents:
- 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.