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1 online resource (244 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Comparative Politics |
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Routledge research in comparative politics.
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Front Cover; Climate Policy Changesin Germany and Japan; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Climate policy: changing beliefs and paradigms; Climate policy changes in Germany and Japan; A comparison of climate policies between Germany and Japan in existing literature; Theoretical foundations: types, levels, factors, and mechanisms of policy change; 2. Historical background of climate change issues; Development of scientific evidence of climate change; Development of international climate politics; Public opinion |
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Increasing importance of climate change issues3. Climate policy changes in Japan from 1987 to 2005; The first phase (late 1980s-November 1997): emergence of theglobal environmental policy subsystem; The second phase (December 1997-2001): the first window ofopportunity for policy change: the impact of theKyoto Conference; The third phase (2001-2): the second window of opportunity:the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol; The fourth phase (2003-5): the third window of opportunity:the Kyoto Protocol entered into force; Climate policy changes in Japan |
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4. Climate policy changes in Germany from 1987 to 2005The first phase (late 1980s-1990): climate change on the political agenda and the emergence of the climate policy subsystem; The second phase (1990-4): reunification and distraction of public attention from climate policy; The third phase (1994-8): voluntary measures as the main policy instruments to control emissions; The fourth phase (1998-2002): change of government and a breakthrough in climate policy?; The fifth phase (2002-5): introduction of the cap and trading scheme under the increasing influence of the Greens and the EU |
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Climate policy changes in Germany5. Beliefs of actors in Japan and Germany; Normative policy core beliefs; Empirical policy core beliefs in Germany; Empirical policy core beliefs in Japan; Comparison of policy core beliefs held by actors in Germany and Japan; 6. The introduction of the cap and trading scheme in Germany: factors to determine the major policy change in Germany; Agenda setting: the introduction of flexible mechanisms in the Kyoto Protocol (1998-2000); Policy formulation (2000-1); Decision-making (2001-3); Factors and conditions inducing the major policy change in Germany |
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7. A comparative analysis of climate policy changes in Germany and Japan: a path to paradigmatic policy changeThe types and levels of policy changes in Germany and Japan; Factors and conditions determining the differences between Germany and Japan; Theoretical implications; Issues to be addressed; Appendix 1: list of interviewees; Appendix 2: questionnaire concerning actors' beliefs; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan compares two decades of climate policy development in Germany and Japan. It examines whether there is any difference between the types and levels of policy change in the two countries, and, if so, what factors account for the difference. Using a comparison of climate policy changes in Germany and Japan from 1987 to 2005 as a basis, it also discusses the effectiveness and the limits of existing theories of policy change and policy process, most notably the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), Punctuated Equilibrium Approach and Multiple Str |
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Print version record |
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Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Germany
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Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Japan
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Comparative government.
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Climatic changes -- Government policy
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Comparative government
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Germany
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Japan
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203815786 |
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0203815785 |
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