Climate Change and American Foreign Policy

by Harris, Paul G.

• ISBN13: 9780312233419
• ISBN10: 0312233418
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-30
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Climate Change and American Foreign Policy examines the actors, institutions, and ideas shaping US policy on climate change (global warming). The book begins by introducing the issue of climate change in the context of US foreign policy, before critically evaluating US policies and actions. It then analyzes the domestic and international politics of US 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 US climate change policy.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Contributors	v
Preface	vii
I Introduction
Climate Change and Foreign Policy: An Introduction	3	(26)
Paul G. Harris
II Critiquing U.S. Climate Change Policy
Climate Change: Is the United States Sharing the Burden?	29	(22)
Paul G. Harris
Upholding the ``Island of High Modernity'': The Changing Climate of American Foreign Policy	51	(22)
Peter Doran
III Politics of U.S. Climate Change Policy
Governing Climate Change Policy: From Scientific Obscurity to Foreign Policy Prominence	73	(16)
Jacob Park
From the Inside Out: Domestic Influences on Global Environmental Policy	89	(22)
Neil E. Harrison
Congress and the Politics of Climate Change	111	(20)
Gary Bryner
Regulation Theory and Climate Change Policy	131	(20)
Andreas Missbach
International Policy Instrument Prominence in the Climate Change Debate	151	(26)
Karen Fisher-Vanden
Regime Effectiveness, Joint Implementation, and Climate Change Policy	177	(28)
Jorge Antunes
IV International Norms and U.S. Climate Change Policy
The United States and the Evolution of International Climate Change Norms	205	(20)
Michele M. Betsill
International Norms of Responsibility and U.S. Climate Change Policy	225	(16)
Paul G. Harris
Notes	241	(52)
Index	293