Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Introduction; 1 US climate policy, neoliberalism, and the developmental state; 2 Conceptualizing neoliberal climate policy in the United States; Part II The developmental state vs. the deregulatory state; 3 The American developmental state: from confederation to neoliberalism; 4 Neoliberalism and environmental regulation; Part III The nature and function of US climate policy; 5 Pull policies: alternative routes to climate regulation
6 Push policies: the developmental state and clean energyPart IV Assessing neoliberal climate policy in the United States; 7 The functionality and sustainability of current US climate policy; 8 The future of neoliberal climate policy in the United States; 9 Concluding reflections; Afterword: President Trump's climate policy; References; Index
Summary
"This book analyses the political economy of US climate policy, explaining how the drive to promote accumulation in green markets has been translated under conditions of American neoliberalism, where the state struggles to find a stable and legitimate role in the economy, and where environmental and industrial policy are contentious topics. It conceptualizes US climate policy not as environmental policy (with regulation as its primary objective), but as innovation policy (with capital accumulation and market domination as its main objective). It argues that US climate policy must be understood in the context of the government's broader strategy to dominate and monopolize high-tech markets."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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