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Changing climates in North American politics : institutions, policymaking, and multilevel governance / edited by Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations - American and comparative environmental policy . - American and comparative environmental policy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changing Climates and Institution Building across the Continent / Between Kyoto and Washington -- Climate Change Politics in Mexico / Looking for Leadership: Canada and Climate Change Policy / States and Cities Out Front -- Second-Generation Climate Policies in the States: Proliferation, Diffusion, and Regionalization / Field Notes on the Political Economy of California Climate Policy / Climate Leadership in Northeast North America / Local Government Response to Climate Change: Our Last, Best Hope? / Continental Politics -- NAFTA as a Forum for CO[subscript 2] Permit Trading? / Renewable Electricity Politics across Borders / Arctic Climate Change: North American Actors in Circumpolar Knowledge Production and Policymaking / Climate Action among Firms, Campuses, and Individuals -- Business Strategies and Climate Change / Insurance and Reinsurance in a Changing Climate / Campus Climate Action / Communicating Climate Change and Motivating Civic Action: Renewing, Activating, and Building Democracies / North American Climate Governance: Policymaking and Institutions in the Multilevel Greenhouse / Henrik Selin / Stacy D. VanDeveer -- Simone Pulver -- Peter J. Stoett -- Barry G. Rabe -- W. Michael Hanemann / Alexander E. Farrell -- Henrik Selin / Stacy D. VanDeveer -- Christopher Gore / Pamela Robinson -- Michele M. Betsill -- Ian H. Rowlands -- Annika E. Nilsson -- Charles A. Jones / David L. Levy -- Virginia Haufler -- Dovev Levine -- Susanne C. Moser -- Henrik Selin / Stacy D. VanDeveer. Machine generated contents note: 1. I. 2. 3. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. III. 8. 9. 10. IV. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Changing Climates in North American Politics offers analysis of climate change policy innovations across North America at transnational, federal, state & local levels, involving public private & civic actors.

ISBN: 9780262259170 (electronic bk.) 0262259176 (electronic bk.) 1282694758 9781282694750 (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0262012995 9780262012997

Standard No.: 9786612694752 9780262012997

Source: 269475 MIL 8040 MIT Press 9780262259170 MIT Press

LCCN: 2008042153

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA971304 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015331480 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Climatic changes--Political aspects--North America.
Climatic changes--Government policy--North America.
Environmental policy--North America.
Global warming--Political aspects--North America.
Climat--Changements--Aspect politique--Amérique du Nord.
Environnement--Politique gouvernementale--Amérique du Nord.
Réchauffement de la Terre--Aspect politique--Amérique du Nord.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Environmental--Pollution Control.
Climatic changes--Government policy.
Climatic changes--Political aspects.
Environmental policy.
Global warming--Political aspects.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
North America.

Subjects--Index Terms: ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QC982.8 / .C53 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.738/7456097