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Policy Debates on Hydraulic Fracturing: Comparing Coalition Politics in North America and Europe

By Christopher M. Weible , Tanya Heikkila , Karin Ingold , Manuel Fischer (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2016
ISBN
978-1-137-60376-0, 978-1-137-59574-4
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-59574-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3730392 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XVII, 276\288
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
Comparative Politics;European Politics;US Politics

Description

This edited volume compares seven countries in North America and Europe on the highly topical issue of oil and gas development that uses hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” The comparative analysis is based on the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and guided by two questions: First, in each country, what are current coalitions and the related policy output? Second, based on the current situation, what are the chances for future policy change? This book is the first to use a social science approach to analyze hydraulic fracturing debates and the first application of the ACF that is deliberately comparative. The contributions in this book advance our understanding about the formation of coalitions and development of public policy in the context of different forms of government and economically recoverable natural resources.

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