Turning Down the Heat The Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies

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Explores political strategies for governments that wish to take stronger action on climate change.

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List of Tables	p. vii
List of Box and Figures	p. viii
Main Abbreviations	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Notes on the Contributors	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Context
Climate Policy: Issues and Opportunities	p. 15
Political Science Perspectives on Climate Policy	p. 33
The International Dimension of Climate Policy	p. 48
Analysis
The European Union and the Politics of Multi-Level Climate Governance	p. 65
Federal Climate Politics in the United States: Polarization and Paralysis	p. 85
Hot Air and Cold Feet: The UK Response to Climate Change	p. 104
France: Towards an Alternative Climate Policy Template?	p. 125
German Climate Policy Between Global Leadership and Muddling Through	p. 144
Conflict and Consensus: The Swedish Model of Climate Politics	p. 164
Prometheanism and the Greek Energy Zugzwang	p. 183
Facing up to the Greenhouse Challenge? Australian Climate Politics	p. 202
Explaining the Failure of Canadian Climate Policy	p. 223
Climate Policy in the USA: State and Regional Leadership	p. 241
Conclusions
Political Strategy and Climate Policy	p. 263
Index	p. 289
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