Ken,
You also might check out some of Oran Young's work -- I know he has
addressed crises in some of his work on regime formation and
effectiveness. I can't resurrect the exact cite, but you might contact
him. Also, Peter Haas has, I believe, also talked about crises in
mobilizing intl action too -- so ask him. There isn't much done
theoretically that I know of on this -- I say that in hopes of someone else
on the list proving that I am poorly read! One of the things to think
about is that crises (whether real or manufactured) raise the salience of
an issue -- an issue that seems to me to pose a bad scenario for addressing
climate change.
Best,
Ron
At 09:50 PM 7/14/2005, you wrote:
From: Kenneth Wilkening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:18 pm
Subject: environmental crisis as motivation for action
> Dear Ged-eders,
>
> Can anyone point me to references on -- and here I don't know exactly
> how to term the topic -- the idea that people don't react to
> environmental problems until they see disaster (or BIG consequences)
> staring them in the face? In other words, literature on the notion
> thatit takes a crisis to make people / policymakers seriously act
> to address
> a problem. I am interested in general readings, or specific case
> studies. What would be especially fascinating is cases where a problem
> existed and was well known and acknowledged, but was not acted upon
> until "things got out of hand." I would like to include a few such
> readings in a course I will be teaching this fall.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilkening
>
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>
Ronald Mitchell
Professor
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