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Knowledge Systems and Change in Climate Governance : Comparing India and South Africa.

The success of international efforts to manage climate change depends on the participation of emerging economies. This book uses a comparative study of two of the most important, India and South Africa, to reveal new insights into managing climate change on a global scale. The book provides a unique...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Never, Babette
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Colección:Routledge advances in climate change research.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of tables; List of figures; 1 Introduction: climate governance in India and South Africa; 1.1 The concept of the climate knowledge system; 1.2 Some background on India and South Africa; 1.3 Overview of the actor landscape; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2 Why connecting learning, networks and change makes sense; 2.1 Defining climate governance; 2.2 Coalition building for change; 2.3 Learning through networks?; 2.4 The social construction of climate change: science, knowledge and power; 2.5 The role of business. 
505 8 |a 2.6 How do these findings apply to large developing countries?3 Theorizing knowledge, practice and change in climate governance; 3.1 Adler's approach of cognitive evolution and communities of practice; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Communities of practice; 3.1.3 Cognitive evolution; 3.2 Theoretical advancement: climate knowledge systems; 3.2.1 Collective learning in a dynamic system; 3.2.2 Knowledge dimensions; 3.2.3 System elements, functions and hypotheses; 4 A mixed methods approach; 4.1 Research design; 4.2 Case selection and variance of variables; 4.3 Data collection and analysis. 
505 8 |a 4.4 Validity, reliability and limitations of the study5 Change in figures: regulatory density, clean energy investment and carbon disclosure; 5.1 Policy change in India and South Africa between 2007 and 2010; 5.2 Clean energy investment data and R & D expenditure; 5.3 Carbon disclosure project data: frequencies; 5.4 Carbon disclosure project data: measures of association; 6 What the experts say: survey results; 6.1 Performance, drivers and problems of climate governance; 6.2 Actors' state of knowledge; 6.3 Communities of practice, discourse and change; 7 Features of a knowledge system in India. 
505 8 |a 7.1 Drivers and problems of climate governance7.2 Communities of practice and their power; 7.2.1 Communities of practice at the national level; 7.2.2 Communities of practice in Maharashtra; 7.3 Knowledge and collective learning: cognitive evolution?; 7.3.1 The state of knowledge in 2007 and in 2010; 7.3.2 Pragmatic knowledge and practical rationality; 7.3.3 The public debate; 7.4 Conclusions; 8 Features of a knowledge system in South Africa; 8.1 Drivers and problems of climate governance; 8.2 Communities of practice and their power; 8.2.1 Communities of practice at the national level. 
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500 |a 9.4 Comparative hypothesis generation. 
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