This is the first book to attempt a systematic comparative analysis of Japanese and British climate policy. It also provides a conceptual roadmap for further cross-national studies on sustainable development/climate policy.
This is the first book to attempt a systematic comparative analysis of Japanese and British climate policy. It also provides a conceptual roadmap for further cross-national studies on sustainable development/climate policy.
1. Introduction2. Science and the international politics of global warming3. Theoretical frameworks: the issue-based approach and the institutional approach4. Making global warming policy5. Policy developments in Japan on global warming: the politics of conflict and the producer-oriented policy response6. Co-optation and exclusion: controlled policy integration in Japan7. Policy developments in Britain on global warming: in search of political leadership8. Competition and pressure: British policy integration9. Interest, institutions and global warming10. Epilogue: after the Kyoto conference