Hello all,
Just to piggyback on TJ's email below. I'm working with him a bit on
his project, which is meant to explore the relative impact (or lack
thereof) of international opinion/action on political perception and
public opinion re: climate change here in the United States. We've
not identified a great deal of literature or data sets that looks to
isolate the effect of international norm-building on public opinion,
activist networks, and sub-national policy formation in the U.S. If
any of you are working on this issue and can forward some clues along
to TJ, I'd much appreciate it....and I apologize in advance if we've
missed any obvious contributions to the literature penned by some of
you out there.
Best wishes,
Mike Maniates
Allegheny College
At 03:52 PM 9/10/2007, Thomas Eatmon wrote:
Greetings!
My name is T.J. Eatmon and I am a Visiting Scholar at Allegheny
College working on my dissertation research during the 2007-2008
academic year. I am interested in the recent policy developments in
the US at the sub-national level to address climate change in the
absence of federal policy. The literature I have read points to
public opinion, media, catastrophic events, leadership, and
federalism as some of the domestic sources of this policy action. I
am more interested in the possible international sources of US
domestic policy action and any current research/data that may shine
light on this topic. Mike Maniates suggested that I post this
question to the list for assistance from the gep-ed community. I
appreciate any insight you could provide and would be more than
happy to compile the responses I receive for your records. I have
purposely framed this question broadly to encourage diverse feedback
and I look forward to your reply.
Thanks in advance,
T.J. Eatmon
Visiting Dissertation Scholar
Allegheny College
520 North Main Street
Meadville, PA 16335-3902
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