Failures of American and European Climate Policy, The
International Norms, Domestic Politics, and Unachievable Commitments
Publication Year: 2006
Published by: State University of New York Press
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Title Page, Copyright
Contents
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pp. v-
CHAPTER ONE Climate Policy and the Domestic Salience of International Norms
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pp. 1-18
Climate change emerged as a major political issue in the late 1980s. As a recently identified environmental threat, the science was not well understood, and the economic consequences were uncertain. Scientists, political leaders, business executives, and the general public had to examine the threat, ...
CHAPTER TWO Issue Framing, Norm Emergence, and the Politicization of Climate Change (Villach to Geneva)
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pp. 19-52
This chapter analyzes the issue definition and agenda setting stages of climate policy. The scientific community initiated the research and scientific discussion that created the foundation for the ensuing political debates. The growing scientific evidence of a human impact on the atmosphere compelled each country’s ...
CHAPTER THREE International Norms and the Politics of Emission Reduction Commitments (Chantilly to Rio)
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pp. 53-92
The initiation of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Climate Change (INC) in February 1991 marked the beginning of the second stage of climate negotiations. The international diplomatic focus began to shift from problem definition to the negotiation of an international policy response. ...
CHAPTER FOUR The Domestic Political Salience of International Norms? (Rio to Berlin)
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pp. 93-122
The climate negotiations from the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 can be divided into two phases. The period from the signing of the FCCC in Rio through the negotiation of the 1995 Berlin Mandate was characterized by domestic debates over the feasibility of reducing ...
CHAPTER FIVE Domestic Conflict and International Normative Debates (Berlin to Kyoto)
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pp. 123-162
The period from the completion of the Berlin Mandate to the signing of the Kyoto Protocol involved intense international negotiations and domestic political conflict but limited domestic policy action. The dynamics of the negotiations were very similar to those leading up to the Berlin Mandate. ...
CHAPTER SIX Rhetoric and Reality: The United States vs. the World? (Kyoto to Marrakech)
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pp. 163-218
The signing of the Kyoto Protocol was a high point of international action to address climate change. In the weeks after the Kyoto conference, nearly all of the major industrial states retreated from the commitments contained in the Protocol. None of them directly challenged the headline emission reduction commitments. ...
CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion
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pp. 219-232
The case studies of German, British, and American climate policy support the argument that material interests and relative power positions alone cannot explain the evolution of domestic and international climate policy. It is necessary to integrate normative debates with material forces to explain national responses ...
Notes
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pp. 233-256
Bibliography
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pp. 257-260
Index
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pp. 261-273
E-ISBN-13: 9780791481172
Print-ISBN-13: 9780791468555
Print-ISBN-10: 0791468550
Page Count: 280
Publication Year: 2006
Series Title: SUNY series in Global Environmental Policy
Series Editor Byline: Uday Desai
