Overview
- Presents a comparison of EU and US policy-making on climate change since the Paris Agreement
- Applies framing analysis to executive and parliamentary discourse about global and domestic agendas for climate action
- Adds to an emerging field of research evaluating the issue dimensions and politicization of climate change governance
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics (PSEUP)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Political responses to climate change are shaped by beliefs and ideas. How does discourse on climate action and its contestation affect policy-making? Addressing this question, the book compares EU and US policy-making since the Paris Agreement and its framing by key political institutions. The empirical part analyses the structure, linkages and contestation of frames to evaluate the contrasting spaces of climate politics in both systems. As the first direct comparison of EU and US climate governance since the Paris Agreement, the book advances current research on the politics of climate change, the politicization of multi-level governance and the role of discourse for policy change.
Reviews
“This comparative analysis of contemporary climate change discourse in the EU and the US impresses through its sound theoretical grounding and systematic empirical investigation. It makes an outstanding contribution to understanding the critical role of ideas and their framing in climate politics. It also provides new insights into the deep-rooted transatlantic differences in this policy field. Recommended reading!” (Sebastian Oberthür, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,, Belgium and University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
“This book provides the first comprehensive comparison of climate action in the EU and the US after the Paris Agreement. Contrasting policy development in both cases, it shows the power of ideas in explaining different approaches to tackling climate change. While recognizing the role of institutions and actor interest, Frank Wendler offers a solid empirical study of how discourse employed by key actors within both systems shapes their climate politics. Recommended reading!” (Jon Birger Skjærseth, the Fridtjof Nansens Institute, Norway)
“This book makes a novel contribution to our understanding of different discourses in climate change policy-making on the EU level and in the US. It offers a nuanced analysis. The book makes an important and very timely contribution to the literature. It breaks new ground and provides a comprehensive assessment of core ideas and discourses which shape EU and American climate policy-making.” (Rüdiger Wurzel, University of Hull, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Frank Wendler is Senior Faculty Member (Privatdozent) at the Department of Social Sciences and Lead Researcher for the project 'How Ideas Frame the Politics of Climate Change', funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and based at the Center for Sustainable Society (CSS) of the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Framing Climate Change in the EU and US After the Paris Agreement
Authors: Frank Wendler
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04059-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04058-0Published: 02 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04061-0Published: 03 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04059-7Published: 01 July 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-5873
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5881
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 259
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Political Science, Political Communication, Governance and Government