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Security in Climate Change Discourse: Analyzing the Divergence between US and EU Approaches to Policy

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  • Jarrod Hayes

    (Jarrod Hayes is an assistant professor of international relations in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology.)

  • Janelle Knox-Hayes

    (Janelle Knox-Hayes is an assistant professor of environmental policy in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology.)

Abstract

Why has Europe implemented a quite-proactive climate policy while the US has adopted a far less ambitious climate strategy? Does variation in security concerns or other factors better explain this difference in policy? Using a multimethod case study approach, the authors find that in the US, constructions of climate change as a security threat play an important role in developing public support. In Europe, leadership and opportunity discourses predominate. Other factors including centralization of governance, trust in the technocratic elite, and cultural norms contribute to the variation in policy construction. © 2014 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Jarrod Hayes & Janelle Knox-Hayes, 2014. "Security in Climate Change Discourse: Analyzing the Divergence between US and EU Approaches to Policy," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 14(2), pages 82-101, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:14:y:2014:i:2:p:82-101
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    Keywords

    climate change; climate policy; European Union; United States;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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