Umfang:
xvi, 380 Seiten :
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Diagramme, 1 Karte ;
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23 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-231-21708-8
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978-0-231-21709-5
Serie:
Center on Global Energy Policy series / Jason Bordoff, series editor
Inhalt:
"In Climate of Contempt, David Spence asserts that the way we tend to frame the politics of the energy transition in the United States is incomplete. It routinely omits or understates the ways in which modern information technology distorts our understanding of the problem and of each other, inviting us to regard adversaries with contempt, contributing (along with other forces) to Congress' ability to legislate a path to net zero carbon emissions. Stated differently, the bottom-up influence of angry, sometimes misinformed voters is a larger obstacle to completing the energy transition than the top-down influence of economic elites. Spence explores the effects of polarization, partisanship, and propaganda on energy policy and the regulatory framework needed to transition from fossil fuels to more climate-friendly energy sources, and pinpoints the ways that cooperation and opinion conversion on this crucial issue may yet occur. Climate Contempt unpacks a thorny problem not simply for the energy transition, but for American liberal democracy generally, and presents us with possible solutions for a better future"--
Anmerkung:
Part I: The evolution of the energy-regulatory state -- Republican moments and the creation of the energy-regulatory state -- Ideological conservatism and deregulation -- Partisan traibalism and climate policy -- Part II: Complexity, centrifugal forces, and the energy transition -- The propaganda machine -- Facing energy-transition trade-offs -- Hope and conversation
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Spence, David B. Climate of contempt New York : Columbia University Press, [2024] ISBN 978-0-231-56155-6
Sprache:
Englisch
