Energy and Climate Policies in China and India: A Two-Level Comparative Study

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The book explores the proactive and reactive features of China and India's domestic and foreign policies to address two intertwined challenges: first, China and India have taken policy measures that accord with their own domestic priorities; second, both countries have had to alter the trajectory of their proactive policy measures as a result of external pressures. The book argues that China and India's proactive and reactive policy measures to address energy insecurity and climate change have been shaped by their two-level pressures. At the domestic/unit level, both countries have had to sustain fast economic growth and eradicate poverty in order to maximize their economic wealth. At the international/systemic level, both countries have sought to enhance their great power status in the international system which is characterized by not only asymmetrical interdependence but also global governance in general, and global energy and climate governance in particular. Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Part I Introduction and Analytical Framework 1 Introduction Puzzling Energy and Climate Policy Behavior Argument in Brief and Propositions Literature Review Levels of Analysis Case Selection Contributions of the Book Structure of the Book 2 Shaping Energy and Climate Policy Behavior: Wealth, Status, and Asymmetrical Interdependence Proactive and Reactive State Actors Two-Level Pressures: Wealth, Status, and Asymmetrical Interdependence Conclusion Part II The Inside-Out 3 Domestic Energy Policies: Proactive Energy Security: A Top Priority Proactive Domestic Measures to Procure Energy Security Differences between China’s and India’s Domestic Energy Policy Approaches Conclusion 4 Energy Diplomacy: Proactively Preempting and Reactively Restraining Proactive and Reactive Iran Sudan Myanmar Comparison of the Three Cases Shaping Energy Diplomacy: Two-Level Pressures Conclusion Part III The Outside-In 5 Negotiating Climate Change: Proactively Free-Riding and Reactively Burden Sharing Dual-Track Climate Diplomacy Compromises under Dual-Track Climate Diplomacy Shaping Climate Diplomacy: Two-Level Pressures Conclusion 6 Domestic Climate Policies: Reactive Pressures from Epistemic Communities to Address Climate Change Reactive Domestic Policy Measures to Address Climate Change Subordinating Climate Change to Energy Security Shaping Domestic Energy and Climate Policy: Two-Level Pressures Conclusion Part IV Implications and Conclusion 7 Implications for Global Energy and Climate Governance Global Energy and Climate Governance Implications of Addressing Energy Insecurity and Climate Change Conclusion 8 Conclusion Principal Findings Implications for International Relations Research Understanding the Rise of China and India Index