Description: Short Circuiting Policy : Interest Groups and the Battle over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States, Paperback by Stokes, Leah Cardamore, ISBN 0190074264, ISBN-13 9780190074265, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In 1999, Texas passed a landmark clean energy law, beginning a groundswell of new policies that promised to make the US a world leader in renewable energy. As Leah Stokes shows in Short Circuiting Policy, however, that policy did not lead to momentum in Texas, which failed to implement its
solar laws or clean up its electricity system. Examining clean energy laws in Texas, Kansas, Arizona, and Ohio over a thirty-year time frame, Stokes argues that organized combat between advocate and opponent interest groups is central to explaining why states are not on track to address the climate
crisis. She tells the political history of our energy institutions, explaining how fossil fuel companies and electric utilities have promoted climate denial and delay. Stokes further explains the limits of policy feedback theory, showing the ways that interest groups drive retrenchment through
lobbying, public opinion, political parties and the courts. More than a history of renewable energy policy in modern America, Short Circuiting Policy offers a bold new argument about how the policy process works, and why seeming victories can turn into losses when the opposition has enough resources
to roll back laws.
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Book Title: Short Circuiting Policy : Interest Groups and the Battle over Cle
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Name: Short Circuiting Policy : Interest Groups and the Battle over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Public Policy / Energy Policy, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Comparative Politics, Global Warming & Climate Change
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Leah Cardamore Stokes
Item Length: 9.1 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Science
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
