Environmental policymaking in an era of climate change / Matthew C. Nowlin.

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Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
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Series:Politics of American public policy.
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Format: Electronic eBook
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Endorsement; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Part I Foundations; 1 Introduction; Environmental Policymaking and Politics; The Politics of Environmental Policymaking; Plan of the Book; Part I: Foundations; Part II: The Environmental Policymaking System and Climate Policy; Notes; References; 2 A Framework for Environmental Policymaking; Introduction; Markets and Governments; Environmental Policy and Governance; The Environmental Policymaking Process

  • The Environmental Policymaking SystemMacro-Institutions; Policy Subsystems and Policy Actors; Making Environmental Policy; Environmental Policy Design; Environmental Policy Goals; Causal Framework; Environmental Policy Instruments; The Selection of Environmental Policy Instruments; Implementation Structure; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3 The Green State and the Climate Change Era; Introduction; Development Era: 1800-1890; Conservation Era: 1890-1962; Environmentalism Era: 1962-1980; Reform Era: 1980-2000; The Climate Change Era; The Science of Climate Change; International Climate Policy

  • United States Climate PoliticsConclusion; Notes; References; 4 Value Systems and Environmental Policy; Introduction; Value System; Core Values; Cultural Theory; Environmental Values; Values and Cognition; Cultural and Environmental Cognition; Mechanisms of Cultural and Environmental Cognition; Climate Change Risk; Support for Climate Change Policy Options; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II The Environmental Policymaking System and Climate Policy; 5 Agenda-Setting and Issue Definitions in Climate Change Policymaking; Introduction; Inputs and Agenda-Setting

  • Climate Change on the Policymaking AgendaProblem Stream and Congressional Attention to Climate Change; The Climate Change Policy Stream; The Climate Change Politics Stream; Contested Definitions of Climate Change; Dimensions of Climate Change; Framing Climate Change; Debating the Scientific Consensus; Debating the Kyoto Protocol; Debating the American Clean Energy and Security Act; Debating the Clean Power Plan; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Pathways and Pivots: Macro-Institutions and Climate Change Policy; Introduction; Congress; Committees and Information-Processing

  • Climate Change LegislationCap-and-Trade in Congress; Climate Solutions Caucus in the House; The Executive; Executive Branch Agencies; The Environmental Protection Agency; The Environmental Protection Agency and Climate Change; The Courts; Climate Change in the Courts; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 The Networked Subsystems, Institutions, and Actors of the Climate Change Regime; Introduction; The Climate Change Policy Regime; Policy Subsystems; Climate Change Regime Subsystems; Subsystems and Levels of Government; Federalism and Climate Policy