Climate Change and American Foreign Policy

Description

Climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world. The role played by the United States may determine our collective future. Newly available in paperback, Climate Change and American Foreign Policy examines the actors, institutions, and ideas shaping US policies and actions. Updated with a comprehensive preface by the editor, the book introduces the issue of climate change in the context of US foreign policy. It analyses policies and critically evaluates the US role. Chapters analyze a full range of topics, including the politics of climate science, economics and regulation, domestic politics and nongovernmental organizations, the presidency and Congress, diplomacy and international negotiations, environmental agreements and regimes, and questions of responsibility and justice. The book concludes by looking at how international norms have influenced US climate change policies. Climate Change and American Foreign Policy will be of interest to everyone concerned about climate change, global environmental politics, US foreign policy and international relations. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Climate Change and American Foreign Policy: An Introduction....Pages 3-25 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Climate Change: Is the United States Sharing the Burden?....Pages 29-49 Upholding the “Island of High Modernity”: The Changing Climate of American Foreign Policy....Pages 51-70 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 Governing Climate Change Policy: From Scientific Obscurity to Foreign Policy Prominence....Pages 73-87 From the Inside Out: Domestic Influences on Global Environmental Policy....Pages 89-109 Congress and the Politics of Climate Change....Pages 111-130 Regulation Theory and Climate Change Policy....Pages 131-149 International Policy Instrument Prominence in the Climate Change Debate....Pages 151-175 Regime Effectiveness, Joint Implementation, and Climate Change Policy....Pages 177-201 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 The United States and the Evolution of International Climate Change Norms....Pages 205-224 International Norms of Responsibility and U.S. Climate Change Policy....Pages 225-239 Back Matter....Pages 241-302