1st Edition
National Pathways to Low Carbon Emission Economies Innovation Policies for Decarbonizing and Unlocking
List of contributors, Preface. 1. Decarbonization and unlocking: national pathways to low carbon emission economies Kurt Hübner; 2. The challenge of transition in liberal market economies: the United States and Canada Kathryn Harrison; 3. Transition to a low carbon economy in the United Kingdom: a case of liberal capitalism? Alexander Ebner; 4. Climate change politics in Japan in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis Miranda A. Schreurs; 5. The transition to a low carbon economy in Germany’s coordinated capitalism Alexander Ebner; 6. Norway’s low carbon strategy: internal and external drivers Jon Birger Skjærseth and Torbjørg Jevnaker 7. China: greening China’s state-led growth regime Miranda A. Schreurs; 8. Climate policies in dependent market economies: the cases of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic Daniele Archibugi and Marina Chiarugi; Bibliography, Index
Biography
Kurt Hübner is a Professor at the Institute for European Studies in the Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Canada. He also holds the Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration and Global Political Economy and has previously had research stays at Waseda University in Tokyo, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Ben Gurion University, National University Singapore, University of Birmingham, LUISS University in Rome, and Science Po in Grenoble.
