Cheap and Clean: How Americans Think about Energy in the Age of Global Warming. By Stephen Ansolabehere and David M. Konisky. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014. 272p. $27.95
In: Perspectives on politics, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 225-227
ISSN: 1541-0986
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In: Perspectives on politics, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 225-227
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: State and local government review, Volume 30, Issue 3, p. 190-193
In: State and local government review: a journal of research and viewpoints on state and local government issues, Volume 30, Issue 3, p. 190
ISSN: 0160-323X
In: Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy, no. 28, 2016
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In: APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
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Writing the perfect complement to their bestseller, Introducing Public Administration, Shafritz and Borick highlight the great drama inherent in public policy -- and the ingenuity of its makers and administrators -- in this new casebook that brings thrilling, true life adventures in public administration to life in an engaging, witty style. Drawing on a unique assortment of literary, historic, and modern examples, Cases in Public Policy and Administration exposes students to public administration in practice by telling the tales of: How Thurgood Marshall led the legal fight for civil rights and made it possible for Barack Obama to become president How the ideas of an academic economist and a famous novelist led to the recession that started in 2008 How Al Gore really deserves just a little bit of credit for inventing the Internet How the decision was made by President Harry Truman to drop the first atomic bomb on Japan in order to end World War II How the current American welfare state was inspired by a German chancellor How a Nazi war criminal inadvertently provided the world with a lesson in bureaucratic ethics How Napoleon Bonaparte encouraged the job of chief of staff to escape from the military and live in contemporary civilian offices How an obscure state department bureaucrat wrote the policy of containment that allowed the United States to win the Cold War with the Soviet Union How Dwight D. Eisenhower was started on the road to the presidency by a mentor he found in the Panamanian rain forest How Florence Nightingale gathered statistics during the Crimean War that helped lead to contemporary program evaluation.
In: Weather, climate & society, Volume 6, Issue 3, p. 413-424
ISSN: 1948-8335
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Public opinion surveys in the United States have shown a substantial shift in American public views on global warming between 2008 and 2012. During the period between 2008 and 2010, surveys tracked a significant decline in the number of Americans that believed there was evidence that global warming was occurring. Then, during 2011 and 2012, surveys began to show a rebound in belief among Americans that global warming was indeed happening. This study serves to further establish the significant role that weather played in the short-term fluctuations in public opinion regarding global warming that has been observed since 2008. First, the study shows that individuals regularly refer to weather-related factors when explaining how they arrived at their conclusion that the planet is either warming or not warming and that these explanations correspond with broad weather patterns observed over the 2008–12 time frame. The study also finds that actual weather conditions, and specifically seasonal snowfall, shape the process by which individuals arrive at their conclusions regarding the existence of global warming. In particular, snowfall levels during the winters between 2009 and 2012 appear related to an individual's beliefs regarding the existence of global warming, expanding upon previous studies that have shown a link between weather conditions at or near the time of an interview and respondent views regarding the existence of global warming. The study also finds evidence that the effect of weather on perceptions of global warming is modified by factors such as party affiliation and educational attainment.
In: Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy, No. 7, March 2014
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In: Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy, No. 12, June 2014
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In: Issues in Energy and Environmental Policy, No. 4, June 2013
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In: APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper
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In: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), 'Survey Report: Climate Policy Options', December 2012
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In: Review of policy research, Volume 29, Issue 3, p. 358-382
ISSN: 1541-1338
AbstractA vast economics literature embraces taxation of the carbon content of fossil fuels as the superior policy approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, experience around the world suggests that carbon taxes face exceedingly difficult political hurdles. Federal experience in the United States and in Canada confirms this pattern. This article reviews sub‐federal policy development among American states and Canadian provinces, a great many of which have pursued climate policy development. With one major exception, explicit carbon taxation appears to remain a political nonstarter. At the same time, states and provinces have been placing indirect carbon prices on fossil fuel use through a wide range of policies. These tend to strategically alter labeling, avoiding the terms of "tax" and "carbon" in imposing costs. The article offers a framework for considering such strategies and examines common design features, including direct linkage between cost imposition and fund usage to build political support.
In: Review of Policy Research, Forthcoming
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In: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), 'Survey Report: Fracking', Nov. 2011
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