Global Commons, Domestic Decisions: The Comparative Politics of Climate Change

Book Overview

Comparative case studies and analyses of the influence of domestic politics on countries' climate change policies and Kyoto ratification decisions.

Climate change represents a "tragedy of the commons" on a global scale, requiring the cooperation of nations that do not necessarily put the Earth's well-being above their own national interests. And yet international efforts to address global warming have met with some success; the Kyoto Protocol,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514311
• ISBN13: 9780262514316
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher