
Climate Agendas and Instability
Green Recovery Programs and Policy Change in the EU and US
Frank Wendler(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 22. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-032-58900-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the expansion of climate governance frameworks in the EU and US and their re-framing as part of green industrial programs.
Addressing research on how vectors of stability and punctuation interact to advance or block policy progress, the book breaks new ground by presenting a theoretical framework suitable to integrate insights of comparative research and "sui generis" accounts of climate policy as a variable and multi-dimensional issue. In its empirical part, it compares two contrasting trajectories of climate policy-making: namely, the adaptation of the European Green Deal agenda to the exogenous shocks of the Covid pandemic and war in Ukraine through its NextGen and REPowerEU programs; and the launch of green industrial policies targeting infrastructure (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) and inflation reduction (Inflation Reduction Act) in the US. Finally discussing to what degree the EU and US show signs of convergence towards a new type of climate policy from opposed starting points, the book identifies future research agendas around the topics of climate policy integration and politicization.
This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of climate change governance, EU and US politics, environmental politics and comparative politics.
Addressing research on how vectors of stability and punctuation interact to advance or block policy progress, the book breaks new ground by presenting a theoretical framework suitable to integrate insights of comparative research and "sui generis" accounts of climate policy as a variable and multi-dimensional issue. In its empirical part, it compares two contrasting trajectories of climate policy-making: namely, the adaptation of the European Green Deal agenda to the exogenous shocks of the Covid pandemic and war in Ukraine through its NextGen and REPowerEU programs; and the launch of green industrial policies targeting infrastructure (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) and inflation reduction (Inflation Reduction Act) in the US. Finally discussing to what degree the EU and US show signs of convergence towards a new type of climate policy from opposed starting points, the book identifies future research agendas around the topics of climate policy integration and politicization.
This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of climate change governance, EU and US politics, environmental politics and comparative politics.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
7 s/w Zeichnungen, 11 s/w Tabellen, 7 s/w Abbildungen
11 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-58900-8 (9781032589008)
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Green Recovery Programs and Policy Change in the EU and US
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Green Recovery Programs and Policy Change in the EU and US
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Green Recovery Programs and Policy Change in the EU and US
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Frank Wendler is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Sustainable Society Research (CSS) and Senior Faculty Member (Privatdozent) at the Department for Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Content
1 Introduction: new dynamics in climate politics and policy-making
2 Theoretical framework: stability and punctuation in policy-making on climate change
3 European Union: adjustment and expansion of the European Green Deal agenda
4 United States: re-launching climate action through green industrial policy
5 Conclusion: climate agendas and instability in the European Union and United States
2 Theoretical framework: stability and punctuation in policy-making on climate change
3 European Union: adjustment and expansion of the European Green Deal agenda
4 United States: re-launching climate action through green industrial policy
5 Conclusion: climate agendas and instability in the European Union and United States