Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks Scientific Expertise in Germany and the US /

• Main Author: Ruser, Alexander (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: 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.

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 US...

Table of Contents:

• 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. .