European climate leadership in question : policies toward China and India / Diarmuid Torney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torney, Diarmuid, 1980- author.

Series:

Earth system governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--European Union countries.

Environmental policy.

International relations.

European Union countries.

Environmental policy--International cooperation.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--China.

China--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

China.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--India.

India--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The EU has, for a long time, portrayed itself as an international leader on climate change. Previous studies have tended to focus on the characteristics of EU leadership, but have failed to examine the extent to which EU leadership generates 'followship'. This book analyzes EU climate policies towards China and India in order to provide a holistic assessment of EU climate leadership, and makes three key arguments.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Conceptualizing EU External Climate Relations 19

3 Drivers of EU External Climate Relations 35

4 The Normative Gap in European, Chinese, and Indian Climate Relations 73

5 From Reluctance to Engagement: The EU-China Relationship 97

6 Disinterest and Resistance: The EU-India Relationship 145

7 Conclusion 183.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262329606

0262329603

0262029367

9780262029360

0262527820

9780262527828

OCLC:

915134823

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