Democracy and climate change : the influence of politics and polity on policy / Frederic Hanusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanusch, Frederic, author.

Series:

Routledge global cooperation series.

Routledge Global Cooperation Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Political aspects.

Climatic changes.

Climate change mitigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, USA : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business, [2017]

Summary:

"Democracy and Climate Change explores the various ways in which democratic principles can lead governments to respond differently to climate change. The election cycle can lead to short-termism, which often appears to be at odds with the long-term nature of climate change, with its latency between cause and effect. However, it is clear that some democracies deal with climate change better than others, and this book demonstrates that overall stronger democratic qualities tend to correlate with improved climate performance.Beginning by outlining a general concept of democratic efficacy, the book provides an empirical analysis of the influence of the quality of democracy on climate change performance across dozens of countries. The specific case study of Canada's Kyoto Protocol process is then used to explain the mechanisms of democratic influence in depth. The wide-ranging research presented in the book opens up several new and exciting avenues of enquiry and will be of considerable interest to researchers with an interest in comparative politics, democracy studies and environmental policies."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction

part I The basis for the analyses

chapter 2 The unknown infl uence of democratic qualities on climate performance

chapter 3 The concept and the operationalization of democratic effi cacy

part II An empirical analysis of the democracy-climate nexus

chapter 4 Analysis I: more leads to more – positive statistical trends

chapter 5 –2012 – a case study perspective

chapter 6 1995–1997: Chrétien makes use of the prerogative

chapter 7 1998–2002: futile consultations National activities in the form of a National

chapter 8 2003–2005: undemocratic unpredictability

chapter 9 2006–2012: democratic weakening and climate change as a shield issue

chapter 10 Discussion analysis II: linkages between democratic quality and climate performance

part III Synergy

chapter 11 Overall discussion

chapter 12 Conclusion

chapter Pragmatic afterword

part Appendices

chapter A Stata do file

chapter ? Expert interview guidelines

chapter C Interview partners.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-85773-8

1-351-85772-X

1-315-22898-X

9781315228983

OCLC:

993958457