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oapen-20.500.12657-900372024-04-30T02:24:44Z Democracy and Climate Change Hanusch, Frederic Democracy Climate Nexus;Influence Climate Performance;climate change;Climate Performance;democracy;Democratic Efficacy;comparative politics;Canada's Kyoto Protocol Process;kyoto;Reduce Green House Gas Emissions;sustainability;Intended Climate Performance;environment;Democratic Quality;Canada;Procedural General Performance;environmental governance;Explanatory Mixed Methods Design;Climate Policy Making;Democracy Barometer;Climate Change Plan;Canada’s Climate Policy;Panel Regressions thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy Democracy and Climate Change explores the various ways in which democratic principles can lead governments to respond differently to climate change. The election cycle can lead to short-termism, which often appears to be at odds with the long-term nature of climate change, with its latency between cause and effect. However, it is clear that some democracies deal with climate change better than others, and this book demonstrates that overall stronger democratic qualities tend to correlate with improved climate performance. Beginning by outlining a general concept of democratic efficacy, the book provides an empirical analysis of the influence of the quality of democracy on climate change performance across dozens of countries. The specific case study of Canada’s Kyoto Protocol process is then used to explain the mechanisms of democratic influence in depth. The wide-ranging research presented in the book opens up several new and exciting avenues of enquiry and will be of considerable interest to researchers with an interest in comparative politics, democracy studies and environmental policies. 2024-04-26T11:51:19Z 2024-04-26T11:51:19Z 2018 book 9781315228983 9780367248048 9781351857710 9780415371162 9781351857727 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90037 eng application/pdf Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781351857734.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315228983 10.4324/9781315228983 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9781315228983 9780367248048 9781351857710 9780415371162 9781351857727 Routledge 308 open access
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Democracy and Climate Change explores the various ways in which democratic principles can lead governments to respond differently to climate change. The election cycle can lead to short-termism, which often appears to be at odds with the long-term nature of climate change, with its latency between cause and effect. However, it is clear that some democracies deal with climate change better than others, and this book demonstrates that overall stronger democratic qualities tend to correlate with improved climate performance.
Beginning by outlining a general concept of democratic efficacy, the book provides an empirical analysis of the influence of the quality of democracy on climate change performance across dozens of countries. The specific case study of Canada’s Kyoto Protocol process is then used to explain the mechanisms of democratic influence in depth. The wide-ranging research presented in the book opens up several new and exciting avenues of enquiry and will be of considerable interest to researchers with an interest in comparative politics, democracy studies and environmental policies.
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