Dear all, With ISA 2015 fast approaching - the deadline for papers is the 1st June - Jakob Skovgaard and I are considering a panel on global energy and climate policy in the BRIC countries (see draft abstract below). We are open to further suggestions on the scope of the panel, so please get in contact if you would like to discuss.
Otherwise, if you are interested, please send me an abstract with a title and key words as soon as possible. Cheers Christian Dr. Christian Downie Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences * The University of New South Wales * Sydney NSW 2052, Australia Phone: +61 (2) 9385 0571 * Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> * Twitter: @DownieChristian<https://twitter.com/DownieChristian> * Book available now: The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations<http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=15650> PANEL PROPOSAL International Studies Association 2015 Panel Title: Breaking down the BRIC: the role of domestic state actors in global energy and climate policy The role of domestic state actors in foreign policy has become widely accepted in International Relations, and there have been many successful attempts to integrate the domestic and international level. Traditionally most of this research has focussed on western democratic states, and it is only in recent years that Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) have received growing scholarly attention. However, the rise of these emerging powers has not been matched by an analysis of the role different government agencies, such as treasury and foreign affairs, have played in two overlapping areas of increasing strategic importance; global energy and climate policy. In this panel, we hope to begin this discussion. In particular, we hope to provide an opportunity to drill down into the various agencies of the BRIC countries to compare not only their international approach to energy and climate governance, but more importantly to identify the interests and strategies of the multiple state actors that determine the position their nation takes on global energy and climate policy. In doing so, this panel will look at case studies across a range of interdependent issues from fossil fuels to renewables and across a range of interdependent fora, from the G20 to the United Nations. -- 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/d/optout.
