Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks : Scientific Expertise in Germany and the US / / by Alexander Ruser
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| Autore: |
Ruser Alexander
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| Titolo: |
Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks : Scientific Expertise in Germany and the US / / by Alexander Ruser
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (IX, 173 p. 6 illus.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public policy |
| Climate change | |
| Environmental policy | |
| United States—Politics and government | |
| Germany—Politics and government | |
| Public Policy | |
| Climate Change | |
| Environmental Politics | |
| Environmental Policy | |
| US Politics | |
| German Politics | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Chapter 1: Knowledge and Climate -- Chapter 2: What Think Tanks do – Towards a conceptual framework -- Chapter 3: Heated Debates and Cooler Heads – Think Tanks and Climate Politics in the United States -- Chapter 4: Members Only: Think tanks and climate politics in Germany -- Chapter 5: German and US Think Tanks in Comparison -- Chapter 6: Conclusion and Outlook. . |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book provides an innovative theoretical and analytical framework for studying the role and impact of specialized research organizations and consultancies on decision making in climate politics. It includes advanced empirical analysis of the case of Germany, compared with the situation in the USA. The book improves the understanding of the role and impact of ‘scientific’ advice in coping with the challenge of anthropogenic climate change. Alexander Ruser is currently a temporary Professor of Sociology and Head of the Center for Political Communication at Zeppelin University, Germany. He was a Dahrendorf fellow at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economic and Political Science and the Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks |
| ISBN: | 3-319-75750-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910300491403321 |
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