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Comparative case studies and analyses of the influence of domestic
politics on countries' climate change policies and Kyoto
ratification decisions. Climate change represents a "tragedy of the
commons" on a global scale, requiring the cooperation of nations
that do not necessarily put the Earth's well-being above their own
national interests. And yet international efforts to address global
warming have met with some success; the Kyoto Protocol, in which
industrialized countries committed to reducing their collective
emissions, took effect in 2005 (although without the participation
of the United States). Reversing the lens used by previous
scholarship on the topic, Global Commons, Domestic Decisions
explains international action on climate change from the
perspective of countries' domestic politics. In an effort to
understand both what progress has been made and why it has been so
limited, experts in comparative politics look at the experience of
seven jurisdictions in deciding whether or not to ratify the Kyoto
Protocol and to pursue national climate change mitigation policies.
By analyzing the domestic politics and international positions of
the United States, Australia, Russia, China, the European Union,
Japan, and Canada, the authors demonstrate clearly that decisions
about global policies are often made locally, in the context of
electoral and political incentives, the normative commitments of
policymakers, and domestic political institutions. Using a common
analytical framework throughout, the book offers a unique
comparison of the domestic political forces within each nation that
affect climate change policy and provides insights into why some
countries have been able to adopt innovative and aggressive
positions on climate change both domestically and internationally.
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