Overview
- Analyzes the purpose, methods and strategies of think tanks to explain the interplay of knowledge and politics in modern societies
- Explores the consequences of ‘knowledge-based decision-making’
- Appeals to students and scholars of public policy, political science and sociology
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Climate Science
- Climate politics
- certainty
- modelling
- climate skepticism
- think tanks
- knowledge regimes
- political advice
- conservatism
- political polarization
- koch foundation
- RAND corporation
- party foundations
- scientific associations
- public research institues
- academic think tanks
- comparative climate politics
- social networks
- anti-intellectualism
- climate change
- us politics
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks
Book Subtitle: Scientific Expertise in Germany and the US
Authors: Alexander Ruser
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75750-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75749-0Published: 24 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09317-4Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75750-6Published: 08 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 173
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Climate Change, Environmental Politics, Environmental Policy, US Politics, German Politics