Beschreibung:
With the US as the world's most prominent climate change outlaw, "Sophisticated Interdependence in Climate Policy" offers a unique combination of state-level analysis, international comparison and domestic policy prescription, pointing the way to a productive federal-state partnership for climate change policymaking in the United States.
Acknowledgments; Tables and Figures; Introduction: The World's Most Prominent Climate Change Outlaw; Chapter 1: Climate Change Contradictions in the United States; Chapter 2: Constraints and Opportunities: Forces Affecting State-Level Climate and Energy Programs; Chapter 3: Germany: "Wir Stehen Früher Auf" (We Wake Up Earlier); Chapter 4: Brazil: No More "Complexo de Vira-Lata" (Mongrel Complex); Chapter 5: Sophisticated Interdependence; Notes; Bibliography; Index