Framing climate change in the EU and US after the Paris Agreement / Frank Wendler.
Wendler, Frank, 1974- author.
2022
QC981.8.G56
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Title
Framing climate change in the EU and US after the Paris Agreement / Frank Wendler.
Author
Wendler, Frank, 1974- author.
ISBN
9783031040597 (electronic bk.)
3031040597 (electronic bk.)
9783031040580
3031040589
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04059-7
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-04059-7 doi
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QC981.8.G56
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.738/74
Summary
This comparative analysis of contemporary climate change discourse in the EU and the US impresses through its sound theoretical grounding and systematic empirical investigation. It makes an outstanding contribution to understanding the critical role of ideas and their framing in climate politics. It also provides new insights into the deep-rooted transatlantic differences in this policy field. Recommended reading! Sebastian Oberthur, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and University of Eastern Finland, Finland This book provides the first comprehensive comparison of climate action in the EU and the US after the Paris Agreement. Contrasting policy development in both cases, it shows the power of ideas in explaining different approaches to tackling climate change. Jon Birger Skjrseth, Fridtjof Nansens Institute, Norway This book makes a novel contribution to our understanding of different discourses in climate change policy-making on the EU level and in the US. The book makes an important and very timely contribution to the literature. It provides a comprehensive assessment of core ideas and discourses which shape EU and American climate policy-making. Rudiger Wurzel, University of Hull, UK Political responses to climate change are shaped by beliefs and ideas. How does discourse on climate action and its contestation affect policy-making? Addressing this question, the book compares EU and US policy-making since the Paris Agreement and its framing by key political institutions. The empirical part analyses the structure, linkages and contestation of frames to evaluate the contrasting spaces of climate politics in both systems. As the first direct comparison of EU and US climate governance since the Paris Agreement, the book advances current research on the politics of climate change, the politicization of multi-level governance and the role of discourse for policy change. Frank Wendler is Senior Faculty Member (Privatdozent) at the Department of Social Sciences and Lead Researcher for the project 'How Ideas Frame the Politics of Climate Change', funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and based at the Center for Sustainable Society (CSS) of the University of Hamburg, Germany.
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Palgrave studies in European Union politics.
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Intro
Acknowledgments
Praise for Framing Climate Change in the EU and US After the Paris Agreement
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction: How Ideas and Discourse Frame the Politics of Climate Change
1.1 Rationales for Comparing the EU and US in Climate Change Policy
1.2 Climate Policy in the EU and US Since the Paris Agreement
1.3 Material factors: Vulnerability and economic interests
1.4 Institutional Variables: Comparing the EU and US as Multi-Level Systems
1.5 Ideas and Discourse About Climate Change: The Missing Link?

1.6 Rationale and Structure of the Book
References
2 Theoretical Framework: Framing, Issue Dimensions and Political Space
2.1 Framing: Linking Ideas, Discourse and Political Contestation
2.2 Framing Climate Change: Issue Categories, Justificatory Principles and Scope of Ideas
2.3 Research Hypotheses: Linking Frames, Issue Categories and Political Space
2.4 Data and Method: Operationalization of Frames and Document Analysis
2.5 Conclusion: Framing and the Political Space of Climate Change Policy
References

3 Climate Change Policy in the EU: From the Paris Agreement to the European Green Deal
3.1 The EU Climate Policy Cycle Since the Paris Agreement
3.2 Problem Definition and Agenda-Setting: EU Council and Commission
3.3 Parliamentary Discourse on Climate Change: Resolutions by the European Parliament
3.4 Civil Society: Stakeholders, Advocacy Groups and Activists
3.5 Framing Climate Change in EU policy Discourse: Structure, Linkages and Contestation
3.5.1 Structure of Discourse: Framing Climate Change in EU Policy Documents

3.5.2 Linkages: Proximity and Interconnections Between Frames
3.5.3 Contestation: How Political Party Groups Frame Climate Change
3.6 Conclusions: Framing Climate Change in EU Policy Discourse
References
4 US Climate Politics Since the Paris Agreement
4.1 Stages of US Climate Policy-Making Since the Paris Agreement
4.2 Presidential Discourse: The Contested Nexus of Climate, Energy and Industry
4.3 Legislative Discourse: Framing Climate Policy in Motions of US Congress
4.4 Civil Society Agents: Think Tanks and Advocacy Groups

4.5 Content Analysis: Framing Climate Change in US Policy Discourse
4.5.1 Structure of Framing: Disparate Perspectives on Climate Change
4.5.2 Linkages: Focused Versus Broad Approaches to Framing
4.5.3 Polarization: Competing Frames and Issue Categories in a Volatile Policy Debate
4.6 Conclusion: Framing as the Contested Link Between Climate Politics and Policy
References
5 Comparative Analysis: Framing Climate Change Discourse in the EU and the US
5.1 Political Space of Climate Politics: Issue Categories, Linkages and Contestation

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