National Governance and the Global Climate Change Regime

by Fisher, Dana R.

• ISBN13: 9780742530522
• ISBN10: 0742530523
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-04
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This book follows the groundbreaking Kyoto Protocol from the time of its drafting in 1997 to analyze its viability as an environmental treaty. Dana R. Fisher uses a valuable combination of substantive interview data and country case studies to understand the complexity of the domestic and international debates taking place around the Protocol. With its unique blend of quantitative and qualitative data, this study presents compelling evidence that domestic interests are crucial in the formation of international environmental policymaking.

Author Biography

Dana R. Fisher is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
1 Explaining the Regulation of the Global Environment: Theoretical Perspectives and Alternative Theories	1	(20)
2 The History of the Science and Policy of the Global Climate Change Regime	21	(20)
3 Empirically Analyzing the Material Characteristics of the Environmental State and Moving toward Understanding the Political Characteristics	41	(22)
4 State-Led Collaboration in Japan	63	(20)
5 Market Innovation with Consumer Demand in the Netherlands	83	(22)
6 Debate and Discord in the United States	105	(38)
7 Conclusion	143	(12)
Appendix A: People Interviewed in Japan	155	(2)
Appendix B: People Interviewed in the Netherlands	157	(2)
Appendix C: People Interviewed in the United States	159	(4)
Bibliography	163	(20)
Index	183	(8)
About the Author	191