Climate Change and American Foreign Policy / Edition 1

by Paul G. Harris

Overview

Climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world. The role played by the United States may determine our collective future. Newly availab.e in paperback, Climate change and American Foreign Policy examines the actors, institutions, and ideas shaping US policies and actions. Updated with a comprehensive preface by the editor, the book introduces the issue of climate change in the context of US foreign policy. It analyses policies and critically evaluates the US role. Chapters cover a full range of topics, including climate science, economics and regulation, domestic politics and nongovernmental organizations, the presidency and Congress, diplomacy and negotiations leading to international agreements on climate change, environmental regimes, and questions of responsibility and justice. The book concludes by looking at how international norms have influenced US climate change policies. Climate Change and American Foreign Policy will be of interest to everyone concerned about climate change, global environmental politics, US foreign policy, and international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312233419
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Edition description:	1st ed. 2090
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Paul G. Harris is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Modern History, London Guildhall University.

Table of Contents

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
From the Inside Out: Domestic Influences on Global Environmental Policy; N.Harrison
Congress and the Politics of Climate Change; G.Bryner
Regulation Theory and Climate Change Policy; A.Missbach
International Policy Instrument Prominence in the Climate Change Debate; K.Fisher-Vanden
Regime Effectiveness, Joint Implementation and Climate Change Policy; J. Antunes
PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
The United States and the Evolution of International Climate Change Norms; M.M.Betsill
International Norms of Responsibility and U.S. Climate Change Policy; P.G.Harris

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Climate Change and American Foreign Policy loosens the deadlock between Realpolitik and the dangerous realities of climate change." - Aubrey Meyer, Global Commons Institute, London.

"This book's diverse investigations into the reasons for the slow pace of the American policy response to the climate problem also show the possibilities and limits of various theoretical approaches to policy analysis. Given the importance of climate change issues and the obvious need for a constructive American policy, this book is a timely contribution that will stimulate scholarly discussion about both pressing practical policy matters, as well as the current conceptual questions in studying international environmental policymaking." - Simon Dalby, Carleton University, Ottawa

Editorial Reviews

“...an important story to tell...” —International Affairs

“...readers will appreciate the different lenses through which U.S. foreign environmental policy is examined.” —Environment

From the Publisher

An important story to tell...

International Affairs

Readers will appreciate the different lenses through which U.S. foreign environmental policy is examined.

Readers will appreciate the different lenses through which U.S. foreign environmental policy is examined.

Environment

Political scientists and scholars of law and environmental science contribute to one of two volumes emerging from a research project instigated in 1998 at London Guildhall University to analyze and critique US environmental policy and the constraints on it. Many of them are not from the US, and their conclusions may be controversial to some readers. The sister volume, , is published by Georgetown University Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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