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Reclaiming the Atmospheric Commons
How the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative created a new paradigm in climate policy by requiring polluters to pay for their emissions for the first time. In 2008, a group of states in the northeast United States launched an emissions trading program, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). With RGGI, these states—Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont—achieved what had been considered politically impossible: they forced polluters to pay the public for their emissions. The states accomplished this by conducting auctions of emissions “allowances”; by 2014, they had raised more than $2.2 billion in rev...
On Track Or Off The Rails?
In order to achieve a transition from a transport system centred on the individual car to one centred on (electrified) rail a new focus in infrastructure planning is needed. The preparation of project proposals for the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 on the sub-national level in Germany provides an opportunity to study decision-making processes in ministries and compare their respective results in this respect. Using document analysis, expert interviews, qualitative content analysis as well as QCA, this thesis in political science analyses how decision-making processes within bureaucracies impact the decision output in transport infrastructure planning. It contributes to the discussion on bureaucracy-politics interactions that is relevant beyond the German case. One result is that ministries tend to use complex decision-making processes for topics deemed salient as long as the available capacity permits it. Consequently, in order to conduct legitimacy-enhancing steps – such as public participation – a well-funded bureaucracy is indispensable.
Handbook of Energy Governance in Europe
This Handbook provides the most comprehensive account of energy governance in Europe, examining both energy governance at the European level and the development of energy policy in 30 European countries. Authored by leading scholars, the first part of the book offers a broad overview of the topics of energy research, including theories of energy transitions, strategies and norms of energy policy, governance instruments in the field, and challenges of energy governance. In the second part, it examines the internal and external dimensions of energy governance in the European Union. The third part presents in-depth country studies, which investigate national trajectories of energy policy, including an analysis of the policy instruments and coordination mechanisms for energy transitions. It closes with a comparative analysis of national energy governance. This book is a definitive resource for scholars in energy and climate research as well as decision makers in national governments and EU institutions.
Engendering the Energy Transition
This book brings together diverse contributions exploring the integration of gender equality in current national energy policies and international energy frameworks across the Global South and North. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, this collection contributes to building a body of independent empirical evidence about the impacts of the energy transition on socio-economic outcomes, with a focus on gender differentiated choices of energy forms. The book includes short reflections in each chapter allowing the reader to explore the content from an alternative perspective. The common thread enabling the book to actively contribute to engendering the energy transition is its approach to the topic from a primarily ‘gender’ driven perspective. The book draws many useful lessons from practice and shares gender mainstreaming tools for use across the Global South and the North. Such an approach brings novel insights from theoretical, methodological and practical perspectives, which further promotes cross-disciplinary learning and will be of interest to researchers and practitioners from across the Energy and Gender disciplines.
Handbook of the International Political Economy of Energy and Natural Resources
This Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research from leading scholars on the international political economy of energy and resources. Highlighting the important conceptual and empirical themes, the chapters study all levels of governance, from global to local, and explore the wide range of issues emerging in a changing political and economic environment.
Handbook Transdisciplinary Learning
What is transdisciplinarity - and what are its methods? How does a living lab work? What is the purpose of citizen science, student-organized teaching and cooperative education? This handbook unpacks key terms and concepts to describe the range of transdisciplinary learning in the context of academic education. Transdisciplinary learning turns out to be a comprehensive innovation process in response to the major global challenges such as climate change, urbanization or migration. A reference work for students, lecturers, scientists, and anyone wanting to understand the profound changes in higher education.
Routledge Handbook of Politics and Technology
This handbook provides a comprehensive global survey of the politics of technology. Written by an outstanding line up of distinguished scholars in the field, the handbook covers all aspects of the relationship between politics and technology including: Demand and support for new technologies and innovation by the state The effects of technology policies Technology development and innovation difference between various countries and regions Policy instruments and techno-industrial innovation Dynamism and change as outcomes of government policies Driving forces for science and innovative development Forming the basis of this handbook are examples of regional development, country studies and a rich variety of technologies, as well as topical issues such as divergent political interests in relation to technology and the economic exploitation of technologies. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach in order to analyse the interplay between government activities and the development of new technologies, this handbook will be an invaluable resource for all students, scholars and practitioners working in the politics of technology, public policy and policy analysis.
Gas Games
Martina Grabau geht der Frage nach, wie sich die energiepolitischen Beziehungen zwischen der EU und Russland infolge der Ukraine-Krise zukünftig entwickeln werden. Sie untersucht die Akteurspositionen der EU-Mitgliedstaaten sowie der EU-Kommission vor und nach Beginn der Ukraine-Krise und entwickelt mittels einer spieltheoretischen Simulation ein Zukunftsszenario für die europäische Erdgasaußenpolitik. Die Autorin zeichnet ein umfassendes Bild der Handlungsmuster sowie des Wandels in den Policypositionen der Akteure infolge der Ukraine-Krise und diskutiert Faktoren zur Begünstigung und Einschränkung dieser Wandlungsprozesse. Darüber hinaus zeigt sie den methodischen Mehrwert einer Verbindung von formaler Modell- und Policyanalyse auf.
Schaut auf diese Region!
Land, Stadt, Metropole – räumlich bestimmte Formen stehen oft im Mittelpunkt, wenn wir uns über unsere Gesellschaft verständigen. Im öffentlichen Diskurs sind zentrale Probleme der Gegenwart und Zukunft (Bevölkerungsentwicklung, Wettbewerb, Klimawandel etc.) lokal spezifiziert, werden gesellschaftliche Risiken, Herausforderungen und Potentiale vor räumlichen Bezugshintergründen positioniert. So sehen sich Städte, Dörfer und andere politisch-administrative Einheiten in räumlich strukturierten Ratings und Rankings positioniert. Vor diesem Hintergrund streben sie danach, ihre Stellung im globalen Wettbewerb strategisch zu gestalten, indem sie ihre besonderen Stärken herausarbeiten und intensivieren und ein überzeugendes Image von sich selbst entwerfen. Am Beispiel der jüngsten Region Deutschlands, Südwestfalens, fragen die Beiträge des Bandes danach, inwieweit sich typische Herausforderungen und wissenschaftlich fundierte Lösungsansätze beobachten lassen, wie sie vergleichbar auch in anderen Regionen zu finden sind.
Mehrheit am Rand?
Prekarisierung, Verelendung und Armut sind zu den Schlagwörtern der politischen Debatte des frühen 21. Jahrhunderts geworden. Während in den 1990er Jahren über die Feminisierung von Armut im Globalen Süden diskutiert wurde, ist die Armut zwischenzeitlich in den Ländern des Globalen Nordens angekommen. Ziel des Buches ist es, diese komplexen Wandlungsprozesse in den Bereichen Arbeit, Migration und Sicherheit aus einer Geschlechterperspektive zu untersuchen und dabei nach Möglichkeiten der politischen Teilhabe zu fragen.
