Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks : Scientific Expertise in Germany and the US / by Alexander Ruser.
Ruser, Alexander, author.
2018
JF1525.P6
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Title Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks : Scientific Expertise in Germany and the US / by Alexander Ruser.
Author Ruser, Alexander, author.
ISBN 3319757504
9783319757506
9783319757490
3319757490
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75750-6
Imprint Springer International Publishing.
Published Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (IX, 173 pages 6 illustrations)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-75750-6 doi
9783319757490
Call Number JF1525.P6
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.6
Summary This book provides an innovative theoretical and analytical framework for studying the role and impact of specialized research organizations and consultancies on decision making in climate politics. It includes advanced empirical analysis of the case of Germany, compared with the situation in the USA. The book improves the understanding of the role and impact of 'scientific' advice in coping with the challenge of anthropogenic climate change. Alexander Ruser is currently a temporary Professor of Sociology and Head of the Center for Political Communication at Zeppelin University, Germany. He was a Dahrendorf fellow at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economic and Political Science and the Punjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Knowledge and Climate
Chapter 2: What Think Tanks do
Towards a conceptual framework
Chapter 3: Heated Debates and Cooler Heads
Think Tanks and Climate Politics in the United States
Chapter 4: Members Only: Think tanks and climate politics in Germany
Chapter 5: German and US Think Tanks in Comparison
Chapter 6: Conclusion and Outlook.

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