Climate obstruction across Europe

Understanding climate obstruction is foundational to advancing effective action on the issue. Starting in the late 1980s, a broad range of actors including corporations and trade associations, acting in coordination with conservative think tanks, foundations, and public relations firms, mounted a lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Brulle, Robert J., editor (editor), Roberts, J. Timmons, editor, Spencer, Miranda C., editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press [2024]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Oxford scholarship online.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009842130006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Climate Obstruction across Europe
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Contributors
  • 1. Introduction: The First Portrait of Climate Obstruction across Europe
  • 2. Climate Obstruction in the United Kingdom: Charting the Resistance to Climate Action
  • 3. Climate Obstruction in Scotland: The Politics of Oil and Gas
  • 4. Climate Obstruction in Ireland: The Contested Transformation of an Agricultural Economy
  • 5. Climate Obstruction in Sweden: The Green Welfare State-​Both Progressive and Obstructionist
  • 6. Climate Obstruction in Germany: Hidden in Plain Sight?
  • 7. Climate Obstruction in the Netherlands: Strategic and Systemic Obstruction of Dutch Climate Policies (1980-​Present)
  • 8. Climate Obstruction in Poland: A Governmental-​Industrial Complex
  • 9. Climate Obstruction in Russia: Surviving a Resource-​Dependent Economy, an Authoritarian Regime, and a Disappearing Civil Society
  • 10. Climate Obstruction in the Czech Republic: Winning by Default
  • 11. Climate Obstruction in Italy: From Outright Denial to Widespread Climate Delay
  • 12. Climate Obstruction in Spain: From Boycotting the Expansion of Renewable Energy to Blocking Compassion Toward Animals
  • 13. Climate Obstruction in the European Union: Business Coalitions and the Technocracy of Delay
  • 14. Conclusion: Ten Lessons about Climate Obstruction in Europe
  • Index.