Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy - Federalism in the United States, Brazil, and Germany

Informationen zum Autor Vivian E. Thomson is an associate professor in the Departments of Environmental Sciences and Politics at the University of Virginia.  Klappentext With the US as the world's most prominent climate change outlaw, "Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy" offers a unique combination of state-level analysis, international comparison and domestic policy prescription, pointing the way to a productive federal-state partnership for climate change policymaking in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Tables and Figures; Introduction: The World's Most Prominent Climate Change Outlaw; Chapter 1: Climate Change Contradictions in the United States; Chapter 2: Constraints and Opportunities: Forces Affecting State-Level Climate and Energy Programs; Chapter 3: Germany: "Wir Stehen Früher Auf" (We Wake Up Earlier); Chapter 4: Brazil: No More "Complexo de Vira-Lata" (Mongrel Complex); Chapter 5: Sophisticated Interdependence; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Product details

• Authors: Vivian E. Thomson
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2014
• EAN: 9781783081103
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-110-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Anthem Sustainability and Risk Series; Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental policy and protocols