Durable by Design?
Policy Feedback in a Changing Climate

Systematic analysis of the determinants of climate policy durability, combining state-of-the-art policy theories with empirical accounts of landmark political events

Andrew J. Jordan (Author), Brendan Moore (Author)

9781108490016, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 September 2020

300 pages, 7 b/w illus.
17.5 x 25 x 2 cm, 0.68 kg

'… the references are extensive, and the index is notable for its utility … Recommended.' F. T. Manheim, Choice

Following the landmark Paris agreement, policy makers are under pressure to adopt policies that rapidly deliver deep, society-wide decarbonisation. Deep decarbonisation requires more durable policies, but not enough is known about if and how they actually emerge. This book provides the first systematic analysis of the determinants of policy durability in three high-profile areas: biofuel production, car transport, and industrial emissions. It breaks new ground by exploring how key European Union climate policies have shaped their own durability and their ability to stimulate supportive political dynamics in society. It combines state-of-the-art policy theories with empirical accounts of landmark political events such as 'Dieselgate' and the campaign against 'dirty' biofuels, to offer a fresh understanding of how and why policy makers set about packaging together different elements of policy. By shining new light on an important area of contemporary policy making, it reveals a rich agenda for academic researchers and policy makers.

Part I – Policy Durability
1. The Quest for Durability: When, Where and How Do Policies Feed Back into Politics?
2. Designing Durable Policies: An Instruments Perspective
Part II – Designing Policy Durability
3. Designing Climate Policy in the European Union
4. Climate Policy Designs: Contexts, Choices, Settings and Sequences
5. Regulation: The Governance of Biofuels
6. Emissions Trading: The Governance of Large Stationary Emitters
7. Voluntary Action: The Governance of Car Emissions
Part III – Climate Policy: Durable by Design?
8. Climate Policy Feedbacks: Significant Mechanisms, Effects and Directions
9. Durable by Design? Policy Making in a Changing Climate
References
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Science funding & policy [PDK], International organisations & institutions [LBBU], Environmental economics [KCN], International economics [KCL], Economics of industrial organisation [KCD]