Overview

Research input constitutes a key component in the development of international environmental regime formation. Science-policy interaction is, however, complex and difficult, particularly because it is an encounter between two distinct systems of behaviour: the scientific ideal of impartiality and disinterestedness and the political reality of interest realization and strategic behaviour. This study analyzes the extent that the institutional framework within which the science-policy dialogue takes place - through conscious design - can be utilized as an instrument to handle obstacles and barriers immanent of science-policy interaction, and thereby serve as an instrument to enhance the effectiveness of the dialogue. Also, the impact of actor behaviour, particularly behaviour taking the form of leadership performance, is investigated. This book provides a detailed and in-depth empirical study of science-policy interaction in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from its establishment in 1988, to the provision of the Second IPCC Assessment Report in 1995. The main focus of the empirical investigation is on Working Group I of the IPCC.

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Author:   T. Skodvin
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2000 ed.
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.230kg
ISBN:  

9780792366379

ISBN 10:   0792366379
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   31 October 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Effectiveness in Processes of Science-Policy Interaction.- The Science-Policy Nexus.- Designing Institutions for Science-Policy Interaction.- The Development of an International Regime on a Human-Induced Climate Change.- Structure: The Institutional Design of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.- Agent: Leadership Performance in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.- Causal Relationship: Real or Spurious?.- Structure and Agent in the Scientific Diplomacy of Climate Change.

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