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List of contents
PART I Foundations
1. Introduction
2. A Framework for Environmental Policymaking
3. The Green State and the Climate Change Era
4. Value Systems and Environmental Policy
PART II The Environmental Policymaking System and Climate Policy
5. Agenda-Setting and Issue Definitions in Climate Change Policymaking
6. Pathways and Pivots: Macro- Institutions and Climate Change Policy
7. The Networked Subsystems, Institutions, and Actors of the Climate Change Regime
8. Conclusion
About the author
Matthew C. Nowlin is an assistant professor of political science at the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, USA. He holds a PhD in political science with an emphasis in public policy and public administration from the University of Oklahoma. Matthew’s research interests include environmental and energy policy and politics. His work has appeared in Policy Studies Journal; Public Administration; Review of Policy Research; Risk Analysis; Politics, Groups, and Identities; Social Science Quarterly; and Weather, Climate, and Society.
Summary
A mix of existing political theory and original analysis, this book applies recent policy scholarship to questions of environmental governance, with a particular focus on climate change.
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"Invoking the language of markets, Nowlin’s volume provides a comprehensive framework for understanding environmental policymaking. This work is rare in its comprehensiveness, thoughtfully mapping the interrelated roles of policy actors within varied institutions and across levels of government, while also providing ample empirical evidence showing how agendas are constructed and why polarization is occurring, among a plethora of other findings. One of the most complete pictures of US environmental policy I have seen and a must for the bookshelves of both academics and advocates." -- Michael Jones, Oregon State University, USA
"The inability, or unwillingness, of the US government to address climate change in a meaningful way is a source of puzzlement and frustration for those who see climate change as the central human problem of our time. Nowlin offers students, scholars, and practitioners an insightful and readable framework for understanding our failure to act. His appraisal of contemporary environmental policymaking is both well-grounded and sobering." -- Megan Mullin, Duke University, USA
"This is a great book! It offers a framework for understanding policy making and climate change, integrates theoretical insights, and brings to bear rich empirical data to ground its comprehensive coverage. Readers will leave this book with a structured way of thinking about the political challenges associated with climate change and what the future might hold." -- Christopher M. Weible, University of Colorado, USA
