Global Commons, Domestic Decisions: The Comparative Politics of Climate Change

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Global Commons, Domestic Decisions American and Comparative Environmental Policy Sheldon Kamieniecki and Michael E. Kraft, series editors For a complete list of books in the series, please see pages 293–294. Global Commons, Domestic Decisions The Comparative Politics of Climate Change edited by Kathryn Harrison and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please email special_sales@ mitpress.mit.edu This book was set in Sabon by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global commons, domestic decisions : the comparative politics of climate change / edited by Kathryn Harrison and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom. p. cm. — (American and comparative environmental policy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01426-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-262-51431-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Climatic changes—Government policy—International cooperation. 2. Comparative government. I. Harrison, Kathryn, 1958– II. Sundstrom, Lisa McIntosh, 1971– QC903.G565 2010 363.738´74—dc22 2009045669 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For our children ...