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Going Alone or Moving Together: Canadian and American Middle Tier Strategies on Climate Change

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  • Brendan Burke
  • Margaret Ferguson

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This article builds upon previous research that indicates that multilevel governance, especially at subnational levels and in the private sector, has the greatest potential to address the problem of climate change. Specifically, this article updates the study of climate change efforts among the Canadian provinces and the American states through case analysis. We identify two longitudinal strategies found in both the provinces and the states--a fragmented response to portions of the climate change problem, and a comprehensive strategy based on stakeholder education and participation. Institutional variations between the provinces and the states lead to some differences in the process of policy development, but not in the resulting policy tools used to address the issue. Copyright 2010, Oxford University Press.

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  • Brendan Burke & Margaret Ferguson, 2010. "Going Alone or Moving Together: Canadian and American Middle Tier Strategies on Climate Change," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 40(3), pages 436-459, Summer.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:40:y:2010:i:3:p:436-459
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    1. David Houle & Erick Lachapelle & Mark Purdon, 2015. "Comparative Politics of Sub-Federal Cap-and-Trade: Implementing the Western Climate Initiative," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 15(3), pages 49-73, August.
    2. Zachary A. Wendling & Shahzeen Z. Attari & Sanya R. Carley & Rachel M. Krause & David C. Warren & John A. Rupp & John D. Graham, 2013. "On the Importance of Strengthening Moderate Beliefs in Climate Science to Foster Support for Immediate Action," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 5(12), pages 1-18, December.
    3. Dana R Fisher, 2013. "Understanding the Relationship between Subnational and National Climate Change Politics in the United States: Toward a Theory of Boomerang Federalism," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 31(5), pages 769-784, October.
    4. Jisun Youm & Jessica Terman, 2020. "Dynamic Collaboration: The Effects of External Rules and Collaboration Scope on Interlocal Collaboration," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 37(6), pages 823-841, November.

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