National Governance and the Global Climate Change RegimeThis 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. |
Contents
Explaining the Regulation of the Global Environment Theoretical Perspectives and Alternative Theories | 1 |
The History of the Science and Policy of the Global Climate Change Regime | 21 |
Empirically Analyzing the Material Characteristics of the Environmental State and Moving toward Understanding the Political Characteristics | 41 |
StateLed Collaboration in Japan | 63 |
Market Innovation with Consumer Demand in the Netherlands | 83 |
Debate and Discord in the United States | 105 |
Conclusion | 143 |
People Interviewed in Japan | 155 |
People Interviewed in the Netherlands | 157 |
People Interviewed in the United States | 159 |
Bibliography | 163 |
Index | 183 |
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