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▼a Kelley, Bridget K. |
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▼a Local Bureaucrats and Climate Change Adaptation. |
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▼a [S.l.] :
▼b Syracuse University.,
▼c 2018 |
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▼a Ann Arbor :
▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
▼c 2018 |
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▼a 281 p. |
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▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A. |
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▼a Adviser: Sarah B. Pralle. |
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▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Syracuse University, 2018. |
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▼a In local communities across the United States, local government officials---specifically local bureaucrats---are faced with the realities of a changing climate which include severe storms, prolonged droughts, larger and more damaging floods, and |
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▼a This dissertation examines a empirical puzzle, asking whether and how local bureaucrats respond to the threat of climate change in their communities. I find that many, but not all, local bureaucrats are responding by developing climate adaptatio |
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▼a Throughout this project, I examine how local bureaucrats step out of their conventional role as policy implementors to shape local agendas and formulate policy---policymaking roles often dominated by elected politicians, members of the media, an |
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▼a Local bureaucrats are also more motivated than elected officials to address climate change. I find that the bureaucrats in this study were aware of the political debates around climate change, but they often adopted a position which separated lo |
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▼a I also address the intergovernmental environment local bureaucrats respond to: specifically, their relationship with their state governments and the federal government. Even though states and the federal government wield significant influence ov |
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▼a In sum, this project demonstrates that local bureaucrats are important actors in the development of local climate adaptation policy. Local bureaucrats' efforts alone are not enough to adapt to climate change, but they are an important first step |
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▼a School code: 0659. |
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▼a Political science. |
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▼a Climate change. |
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▼a Public policy. |
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▼a Public administration. |
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▼a Syracuse University.
▼b Political Science. |
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▼t Dissertation Abstracts International
▼g 79-12A(E). |
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▼t Dissertation Abstract International |
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▼a 0659 |
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▼a Ph.D. |
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▼a 2018 |
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▼a English |
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▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T14999579
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