The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform

ISBN-13: 9781108416795 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 362 str.

Jakob Skovgaard; Harro Van Asselt

Opis

This comprehensive volume provides the first book-length account on the politics of fossil fuel subsidies. This title is also available as Open Access.

Recenzje

'This is an important book that provides an excellent technical review of the impact of fossil fuel subsidies in the context of the pressing need to address global warming.' William R. Green, The Leading Edge

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction: 1. The politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform: an introduction Jakob Skovgaard and Harro van Asselt; Part II. The Scope of the Challenge: 2. Defining and measuring fossil fuel subsidies Doug Koplow; 3. Reforming fossil fuel subsidies: the art of the possible Shelagh Whitley and Laurie van der Burg; 4. The political economy of incumbency: fossil fuel subsidies in global and historical context Peter Newell and Phil Johnstone; Part III. The International Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform: 5. Fossil fuel subsidy reform: an international norm perspective Thijs Van de Graaf and Mathieu Blondeel; 6. International push, domestic reform? The influence of international economic institutions on fossil fuel subsidy reform Jakob Svovgaard; 7. Fossil fuel subsidies and the global trade regime Ronald Steenblik, Jehan Sauvage and Christina Timiliotis; 8. Fossil fuel subsidies and the global climate regime Harro van Asselt, Laura Merrill and Kati Kulovesi; 9. Anatomy of an international norm entrepreneur: the friends of fossil fuel subsidy reform Vernon Rive; 10. The global subsidies initiative: catalytic actors and the politics of fossil fuel subsidy reform Nathan Lemphers, Steven Bernstein and Matthew Hoffmann; Part IV. The Domestic Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform: 11. Fossil fuel subsidy reform in Indonesia: the struggle for successful reform Kathryn Chelminski; 12. Lessons from the world's largest subsidy benefit transfer scheme: the case of liquefied petroleum gas subsidy reform in India Abhishek Jain, Shalu Agrawal and Karthik Ganesan; 13. Sustaining carbon lock-in: fossil fuel subsidies in South Africa Jesse Burton, Tawney Lott and Britta Rennkamp; 14. The politics of subsidies to coal extraction in Colombia Claudia Strambo, Ana Carolina González Espinosa, Angélica Puertas Velasco and Aaron Atteridge; 15. Reforming Egypt's fossil fuel subsidies in the context of a changing social contract Tom S. H. Moerenhout; 16. Actors, frames and contexts in fossil fuel subsidy reform: the case of Trinidad and Tobago Michelle Scobie; Part V. Synthesis and Conclusions: 17. Conclusions and ways forward Jakob Skovgaard and Harro van Asselt; Index.