Climate policy in Denmark, Germany, Estonia and Poland : ideas, discourses and institutions / Franziska Ehnert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehnert, Franziska, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

New horizons in environmental politics.

New Horizons in Environmental Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Denmark.

Environmental policy.

Climatic changes--Government policy--Germany.

Climatic changes.

Environmental policy--Estonia.

Climatic changes--Government policy--Poland.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2019.

Summary:

Ministerial administrations are pivotal in the process of defining problems and developing policy solutions due to their technocratic expertise, particularly when this process is applied to climate policy. This innovative book explores how and why policies are changed or continued by employing in-depth studies from a diverse range of EU countries. Climate Policy in Denmark, Germany, Estonia and Poland works to narrow the research gap surrounding administrative institutions within the field of climate policy change by integrating ideas, discourses and institutions to provide a better understanding of both climate policy and policy change. Differences in approach to democratization and Europeanization between Western and Central Eastern European countries provide rich empirical material for the study of policy formulation. This timely book demonstrates how the substance and formation of policies are shaped by their political and administrative institutional contexts. Analytical and accessible, this discerning book will be of value to scholars and students of climate policy, public policy and public administration alike. Providing lessons on institutional reform in climate and energy policy, this explorative book will also be of interest to practitioners and policy-makers.

Contents:

Contents: Part I: The study of policy change

1. Introduction: Ministerial administrations and policy change in climate policy

2. Ideas, discourses and institutions: a framework of analysis

Part II: Climate policy in western Europe

3. Denmark: Consensus-seeking in a small, green state

4. Germany: contested policy entrepreneurship in a large state

Part III: Climate policy in central eastern Europe

5. Estonia: Technocratic compliance in a small state in transition

6. Poland: Policy entrepreneurship in a large state in transition

Part IV: Comparison and conclusion

7. Lessons on ideas, discourses and institutions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-78897-940-0