Contested Energy Policies: European Climate Change Leadership and Policy Resilience
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (767 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 178348053X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jale Tosun is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Heidelberg University and Research Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, Germany. He is a contributing author of Traditions and trends in global environmental politics: International Relations and the Earth.. He publishes research on the politics of climate change and energy, with a particular focus on social justice. She is the author of Environmental Policy Change in
Energy policy is high on the agenda for the European Union, as it seeks to address issues around security of supply, markets, rural development, and carbon emissions simultaneously. In addition, theories of policy feedback are applied to examine how the EU entraps itself in policy decisions, becoming incapable of making changes even when they are politically expedient, largely due to its aspirations to be a global leader in climate change politics.Building on this detailed empirical analysis, Tosun and Gillard conclude the book by elaborating a new model to formulate falsifiable hypotheses about the pressing issues of energy politics and policy, inviting future researchers to empirically test them. In pursuit of these goals many of its policies have been debated and rejected by member states and their publics. This work will be of particular interest to scholars, policymakers and stakeholders involved in all aspects of energy policy in the EU. This book draws attention to the public and political contestation of these policies and advances a theoretical framework for understanding their role in the EU energy policy-making process.Drawing on literature from comparative politics and policy studies, the book explores the ways in which the EU proposes and adopts particular energy policies, situating the analysis within the EU’s multi-level polity and wider discussions about a ‘democratic deficit’. It presents four topical case st
He is a contributing author of Traditions and trends in global environmental politics: International Relations and the Earth.. He publishes research on the politics of climate change and energy, with a particular focus on social justice. She is the author of Environmental Policy Change in Emerging Market Democracies, Risk Regulation in Europe and Public Policy: A New Introduction as well as one of the editors of Energy Policy Making in the EU – Building the Agenda.Ross Gillard is a Research Associate at the University of York and a doctoral student at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. About the AuthorJale Tosun is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Heidelberg University and R