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Climate politics and the impact of think tanks : scientific expertise in Germany and the US /

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"This very timely and essential volume illuminates one of the most pressing problems of modern times concerning rapid climate change and environmental destruction on one side, and climate denialism and politicization of environmental policies on the other." --Barbara Wejnert, Professor, De...

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Main Author: Ruser, Alexander (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2026]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Political Science and International Studies.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Research > Germany.
Climatic changes > Research > United States.
Climatic changes > Government policy > Germany.
Climatic changes > Government policy > United States.
Research institutes > Germany.
Research institutes > United States.
Climatic changes > Research
Climatic changes > Government policy
Research institutes
Germany
United States
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Knowledge and Climate
  • Chapter 3: What Think Tanks do: Towards a Conceptual Framework
  • Chapter 4: Heated Debates and Cooler Heads: Think Tanks and Climate Politics in the United States
  • Chapter 5: Empirical Evidence: The Case of Germany
  • Chapter 6: German and US American Think Tanks in Comparison
  • Chapter 7: Radical Centers and the radicalization of fringes: Roles of American and German Think Tanks and the mainstreaming of Anti-Mainstream positions
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion.