Table of Contents

Introduction. Chapter one Two decades of change: consensus and conflict.Chapter two The Obama Presidency. Chapter three Interests, Influence and Power. Chapter four The Politics of Energy. Chapter five Action on Climate Change at State and City Level. Chapter six The USA as a World Leader in Tackling Climate Change and Building a More Sustainable World: Opportunities and Constraints. Conclusion

About the Author

Hugh Atkinson is a tutor in politics and sustainability at London South Bank University. He is a distinguished research fellow at the Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Bristol. His main research specialism is in the politics of climate change.

Reviews

‘Hugh Atkinson’s timely analysis of policy under Obama is a crucial study of one of the world’s most important states in the struggle to address climate change. An indispensable guide that traverses the pre-Obama years, local and national policy, and international relations with aplomb, this book is empirically rich and analytically insightful’. - Paul Tobin, University of Manchester, UK.