Climate Change and American Foreign Policy [Paperback]

Now available in an updated 2016 edition, Climate Change and American Foreign Policy examines the actors, institutions, and ideas shaping U.S. policy on climate change (global warming). The book begins by introducing the issue of climate change in the context of U.S. foreign policy, before critically evaluating U.S. policies and actions. It then analyses the domestic and international politics of U.S. climate change policy, covering such issues as science, the presidency and Congress, nongovermental organizations, diplomacy and the international negotiations leading to the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The book concludes by looking at the role of international norms in shaping U.S. climate change policy.Climate Change and American Foreign Policy examines the actors, institutions, and ideas shaping U.S. policy on climate change (global warming). The book begins by introducing the issue of climate change in the context of U.S. foreign policy, before critically evaluating U.S. policies and actions. It then analyses the domestic and international politics of U.S. climate change policy, covering such issues as science, the presidency and Congress, nongovermental organizations, diplomacy and the international negotiations leading to the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The book concludes by looking at the role of international norms in shaping U.S. climate change policy.Introduction: P.G.Harris
PART ONE: CRITIQUING U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
Climate Change: Is the United States Sharing the Burden?; P.G.Harris Upholding the 'Island of High Modernity': The Changing Climate of American Foreign Policy; P.Doran
PART TWO: POLITICS OF U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
Governing Climate Change Policy: From Scientific Obscurity to Foreign Policy Prominence; J.Park
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