Climate Change Politics and Policies in America [2 volumes]: Historical and Modern Documents in Context

by Byron W Daynes and Glen Sussman

Climate change is one of the most serious and difficult problems facing humankind. This set collects essential and illuminating primary documents that tell the history of global climate change—the science, the politics, and the policymaking.

Why is climate change such a divisive issue in American politics—a topic that spawns debate characterized by deadlock rather than cooperation? Through the careful study of these seminal and fascinating primary sources, readers will learn about the evolving science of climate change as well as the roles and perspectives that various American political leaders, parties, and interest groups have taken in shaping the U.S. response to this critical 21st-century problem.

The original text, primary documents, and secondary references in this work provide both breadth and depth on this most timely global, regional, and national issue. The book begins with acknowledgement of the scientific "early warnings" of today's climate crisis, enabling readers to perceive evolving perspectives on global climate change in the scientific community, in American media, on Capitol Hill, and in the Oval Office. It provides sound documentation that clarifies the complexities of this issue, explains how different stakeholders have responded to climate change, and underscores the importance of climate policy and action in the United States, considering its status as a nation that other countries look to for leadership.

• Provides readers with a better understanding of global climate change as well as the politics at play in creating policy

• Documents how the widespread "science and politics problem" delays governmental action

• Includes primary and secondary source materials that offer unique and valuable insights on the subject

• Demonstrates how strong partisanship in Congress polarizes the policymaking process and colors perceptions of the value and conclusions of scientific research on global warming

• Depicts how entities such as a chair of a committee, a chief executive, one chamber of the Congress, or interest group activism can overturn U.S. public sentiment on an issue

• ISBN10: 1440839484
• ISBN13: 9781440839481
• Publish Date: 31 December 2017
• Publish Status: Temporarily Withdrawn
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Greenwood Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 822
• Language: English