Climate Change and American Foreign Policy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxix

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Climate Change and American Foreign Policy: An Introduction

      • Paul G. Harris

      Pages 3-25

3. Critiquing U.S. Climate Change Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Climate Change: Is the United States Sharing the Burden?

      • Paul G. Harris

      Pages 29-49

   3. Upholding the “Island of High Modernity”: The Changing Climate of American Foreign Policy

      • Peter Doran

      Pages 51-70

4. Politics of U.S. Climate Change Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Governing Climate Change Policy: From Scientific Obscurity to Foreign Policy Prominence

      • Jacob Park

      Pages 73-87

   3. From the Inside Out: Domestic Influences on Global Environmental Policy

      • Neil E. Harrison

      Pages 89-109

   4. Congress and the Politics of Climate Change

      • Gary Bryner

      Pages 111-130

   5. Regulation Theory and Climate Change Policy

      • Andreas Missbach

      Pages 131-149

   6. International Policy Instrument Prominence in the Climate Change Debate

      • Karen Fisher-Vanden

      Pages 151-175

   7. Regime Effectiveness, Joint Implementation, and Climate Change Policy

      • Jorge Antunes

      Pages 177-201

5. International Norms and U.S. Climate Change Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

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   2. The United States and the Evolution of International Climate Change Norms

      • Michele M. Betsill

      Pages 205-224

   3. International Norms of Responsibility and U.S. Climate Change Policy

      • Paul G. Harris

      Pages 225-239

6. Back Matter

   Pages 241-302

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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
• U.S. foreign policy
• environmental politics
• environmental foreign policy
• American politics
• climate diplomacy
• international politics
• international relations
• global environmental politics
• climate change
• environmental policy
• foreign policy
• global warming
• Institution
• international policy
• Kyoto Protocol
• Policy
• politics
• climate change impacts

"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

"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

• Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

  Paul G. Harris

Paul G. Harris is the author or editor of more than 20 books on global environmental politics, policy, and ethics. His recent books include What's Wrong with Climate Politics and How to Fix It (2013), Global Ethics and Climate Change (2016) and the Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics (2016). He is the Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.

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