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Negotiation and Policy-making in the Climate Regime
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van Wees, Saskia A.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1258321917
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Year and Degree
2009, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Political Science (Arts and Sciences).
Abstract
In order to understand why the Kyoto Protocol has not been as stringent as many hoped, this paper will seek to answer two main questions. First, why do international treaties on climate change always result in a lowest common denominator of commitment? Negotiations for the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol indicate that the policy goals of proactive parties are deflated by the foot-dragging of even just a few resistant parties. Secondly, this thesis will examine why some states are more progressive about fighting climate change than others. The European Union and the United States—which have displayed vastly different policy preferences throughout the duration of the international climate regime—will be compared to answer this second question. A two-level games approach is employed to examine how the international system, as well as domestic characteristics, affected the EU and US policy preferences.
Committee
Patricia Weitsman, PhD (Committee Chair)
Harold Molineu, PhD (Committee Member)
Nancy Manring, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
127 p.
Subject Headings
International Relations
Keywords
Kyoto Protocol
;
climate change
;
international negotation
;
climate regime
;
FCCC
;
international climate politics
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van Wees, S. A. (2009).
Negotiation and Policy-making in the Climate Regime
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1258321917
APA Style (7th edition)
van Wees, Saskia.
Negotiation and Policy-making in the Climate Regime.
2009. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1258321917.
MLA Style (8th edition)
van Wees, Saskia. "Negotiation and Policy-making in the Climate Regime." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1258321917
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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