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Zusatztext Janelle Knox-Hayes addresses an important and often overlooked topic in the literature on climate change governance. Local customs and practices play a critical role in the development of new markets and related institutions. At a time when market-based solutions are at the forefront of policy options around the world, her book asks the right questions. Informationen zum Autor Janelle Knox-Hayes is the Lister Brothers Associate Professor of Economic Geography and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She holds a visiting research fellowship at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University. Her research focuses on the ways in which social and environmental systems are governed under changing temporal and spatial scales as a consequence of globalization. Janelle has been the recipient of an SSRC Abe Fellowship for study of environmental finance in the Asia-Pacific and a Fulbright Fellowship for study of sustainable decision-making in Iceland. Janelle is the author of a number of peer-reviewed works in prestigious journals and presses. She serves as an editor of the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. Klappentext Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Countries around the globe are developing emissions markets as a response to it. This book examines the cultures of these markets, arguing policy makers must include more flexibility in climate policy to allow emissions markets to be translated and transferred across regions Zusammenfassung Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Countries around the globe are developing emissions markets as a response to it. This book examines the cultures of these markets, arguing policy makers must include more flexibility in climate policy to allow emissions markets to be translated and transferred across regions Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: The Political Economy of Climate Governance 1: Introduction: Climate Governance 2: Climate Change Governance: Institutions, Values and the Culture of Markets 3: Universal Norms Versus Local Practice: Cross-National Comparison of Market Meaning-Making Part II: Global Adaptations of Emissions Markets 4: Europe and the United States: Market Coordination through Contrasting Discourses of Security, Leadership, and Economic Opportunity 5: Australia and South Korea: Technocratic Governance at the Interface of Politics and International Aspiration 6: Japan and China: Cultural Norms Mediated through Crisis and Environmental Context Part III: The Cultures Of Markets 7: The Cultures of Markets: Interplay Between Economic and Political Governance 8: The Fate of Markets: Materiality and the Construction of Values 9: Conclusion: The Path towards Environmental Finance and Sustainable Valuation Appendix. List of Interview Subjects ...
