Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan: A Path to Paradigmatic Policy Change

Rie Watanabe

Routledge, 2011 - Political Science - 226 pages

Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan compares two decades of climate policy development in Germany and Japan. It examines whether there is any difference between the types and levels of policy change in the two countries, and, if so, what factors account for the difference. Using a comparison of climate policy changes in Germany and Japan from 1987 to 2005 as a basis, it also discusses the effectiveness and the limits of existing theories of policy change and policy process, most notably the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF), Punctuated Equilibrium Approach and Multiple Str.

About the author

Rie Watanabe is a political scientist with expertise in policy process theory, comparative political studies, German and Japanese, as well as international climate policy. She received her bachelor and master degrees of law from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and completed her PhD at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. After having worked at several international environmental research institutes, and having been a member of several governmental committees in Japan, she is currently working as Associate Professor at the University of the Niigata Prefecture, Japan and affiliated with the Environmental Policy Research Centre of the Free University of Berlin, Germany.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Climate Policy Changes in Germany and Japan: A Path to Paradigmatic Policy Change; Volume 41 of Routledge research in comparative politics
• Author: Rie Watanabe
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Routledge, 2011
• ISBN: 0203815785, 9780203815786
• Length: 226 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Comparative Politics; Political Science / General; Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; Political Science / World / Asian; Science / Environmental Science; Science / Global Warming & Climate Change