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Description:
This book is the first analysis of the development of the emission trading scheme and the 2008 energy and climate package by the European Commission.
The author offers a deep insight into the genesis of the Commission's proposal for the emission trading scheme, its revision and the new proposal for a renewable energy directive. He traces the development of the world's first comprehensive energy and climate legislation within the Commission services and the negotiations between commissioners and their cabinets.
Focusing on the role of politics and science within the Commission this study tackles the following questions: what are the Commission strategies in using knowledge? Does the Commission actually learn or does it simply engage in power plays when confronted with knowledge? According to the author, the Commission is built on a paradox and functions as catalyst transforming knowledge into politics.
Contents:
Preface
List Of Abbreviations
List Of Tables
1. Introduction: The Tension Between Science And Politics
1.1. Introduction – The Commission Stretched Between Science And Politics
1.2. Experts And Knowledge – Definitions And Their Boundedness
1.3. Climate And Energy Policy: Turning Facts Into Policies
1.4. A Few Methodological Remarks
1.5. Theoretical Approach: Institutional Demand And Knowledge
2. The Commission's Strategies For Designing An Emissions Trading Regime In The EU
2.1. Introduction: Innovating Environmental Policy Through Markets
2.2. Technocratic Knowledge Utilization Strategies In Designing ETS I
2.3. Politicized Knowledge Utilization Strategies In Designing ETS I
2.4. Conclusion: Climate Policy Between Learning And Strategic Entrepreneurship
3. The Commission's Puzzling And Powering Over The Revision Of The ETS
3.1. Introduction: Correcting The Shortcomings Of The Past
3.2. Technocratic Knowledge Utilization Strategies In Revising ETS
3.3. Politicized Knowledge Utilization Strategies In Revising ETS
3.4. Conclusion: Using Knowledge To Make The ETS Market Work
4. The Commission's Approach To Devising The Renewables Directive
4.1. Introduction: A Foot In The Door Towards A European Energy Policy
4.2. Technocratic Knowledge Utilization Strategies In Developing The RES Directive
4.3. Politicized Knowledge Utilization Strategies In Developing The RES Directive
4.4. Conclusion: Politicizing Knowledge In The Pursuit Of European Energy Policy
5. Conclusion: The Commission As A Catalyst Between Knowledge And Politics
5.1. Introduction: An Open Black-Box
5.2. Re-Cap: Assumptions And Expectations Of Institutional Demands And Knowledge Utilization
5.3. The Commission's Nature Stretched Between Politicization And Technocracy
5.4. Technocratic Knowledge Utilization Strategies In Cross-Case Comparison
5.5. Politicized Knowledge Utilization Strategies In Cross-Case Comparison
5.6. Conclusion: Transforming Knowledge Into Politics
6. Index
7. Bibliography
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