Dear Ron, By and large, my adoptive country (Canada) is the perfect example. Many cities in Canada are adopting climate-change actions, but the overall country, as we know, has done very little and even if I recall correctly, even backed off of their commitments.
With regards to the domestic and sub-national politics of climate change in Canada, I seem to remember one of Kathy Harrison's PhD students (Beth Schwartz, UBC) is doing some stuff on that topic, specifically if I recall correctly focusing on Vancouver and Toronto. I can forward your request to Kathy and/or Beth. Chris Gore at Ryerson University has also done stuff on Canadian cities and climate change and I'm sure he could also be of help. I'm happy to make connections by email. Yours, Raul _____________________________________________________________________ Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega Assistant Professor, Public Administration Division CIDE, AC. (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, A.C) Region Centro Circuito Tecnopolo Norte S/N, Col. Hacienda Nueva Aguascalientes, Ags. 20313, Mexico Tel. (+52-449) 994-5150 x 5196 Cel. (+52-477) 134-0285 Website <http://www.raulpacheco.org> - Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/raulpacheco>- Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/drpachecovega> - CIDE webpage<http://cide.edu/investigador/profile.php?IdInvestigador=1266> "The heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night." *- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow* ** On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Ronald Mitchell <[email protected]>wrote: > All,**** > > I am trying to advise a student working on why a country might be > reluctant in assuming international climate obligations even while it's > subnational units (provinces/states, cities) are taking action on climate > change. For example, the US going slow within the FCCC but California, the > RGGI, etc. domestically. Any suggested of literature that would point in > the direction of good theorizing on the factors that might explain such > variation would be appreciated. **** > > I will take answers off the list, compile them, and repost.**** > > Thanks,**** > > Ron**** > > ** ** > > Ronald Mitchell, Professor**** > > Department of Political Science and Program in Environmental Studies**** > > University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284**** > > [email protected] **** > > http://pages.uoregon.edu/rmitchel/**** > > DISCCRS Co-Organizer: http://disccrs.org/**** > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
