Changing Climates in North American Politics: Institutions, Policymaking, and Multilevel Governance

Bys: Peter J. Stoett, Simone Pulver, Barry G. Rabe

Book Overview

Analysis of climate change policy innovations across North America at transnational, federal, state, and local levels, involving public, private, and civic actors.

North American policy responses to global climate change are complex and sometimes contradictory and reach across multiple levels of government. For example, the U.S. federal government rejected the Kyoto Protocol and mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) restrictions, but California...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512866
• ISBN13: 9780262512862
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher