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Global warming policy in Japan and Britain: Interactions between institutions and issue characteristics

Author
Oshitana S.
Date
2006
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-073495)
Publisher | Place of publication
Manchester University Press | Manchester, UK
ISBN
0-7190-6938-6
Pages
256 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Country/Territory
Japan, United Kingdom
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Policy/planning Comparative analysis Climate change
Abstract

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Science and the international politics of global warming 3. Theoretical frameworks: The issue-based approach and the institutional approach 4. Making global warming policy 5. Policy developments in Japan on global warming: The politics of conflict and the producer - oriented policy response 6. Co-option and exclusion: Controlled policy integration in Japan 7. Policy developments in Britain on global warming: In search of political leadership 8. Competition and pressure: British policy integration 9. Interest, institutions and global warming 10. Epilogue: After the Kyoto conference