A Pragmatist Orientation for the Social Sciences in Climate Policy How to Make Integrated Economic Assessments Serve Society /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kowarsch, Martin (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 323
• Θέματα: Environment.; Political philosophy.; Pragmatism.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Economic policy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Political Philosophy.; Economic Policy.

While economic and other social science expertise is indispensable for successful public policy-making regarding global climate change, social scientists face trade-offs between the scientific credibility, policy-relevance, and legitimacy of their policy advice. From a philosophical perspective, thi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• Part I: The Key Challenge of Integrated Economic Advice for Climate Policy
• 2. The Need for an Integrated Economic Assessment of Climate Policy Options
• 3. Fundamental Perils for Scientific Assessments
• Part II: A Philosophical Evaluation of Normative Science-Policy Models
• 4. Prevalent Action-Guiding Models of Scientific Expertise in Policy
• 5. Fact/Value Conflation and the Danger of the Traditional Models
• 6. Pragmatism: Objectivity Despite Fact/Value Entanglement
• Part III: A Critical Look at the IPCC’s Economics
• 7. Understanding and Evaluating the IAM-based Economics
• 8. Ethics in Climate Economics: Balance or Bias?
• 9. Trust Them? The Epistemic Quality of Climate Economics
• 10. An Evaluation of the IPCC WG III Assessments
• Part IV: Towards Improved Integrated Economic Assessments for Climate Policy
• 11. Elements of a Guideline for Future Integrated Economic Assessments of the IPCC
• 12. Potential Implications of the IPCC Reform: Deliberative Learning and Difficulties of In-depth Policy Assessment. .