A pragmatist orientation for the social sciences in climate policy : how to make integrated economic assessments serve society /: how to make integrated economic assessments serve society. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin Kowarsch.
• Authors: Kowarsch, Martin
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- Part I: The Key Challenge of Integrated Economic Advice for Climate Policy -- 2. The Need for an Integrated Economic Assessment of Climate Policy Options -- 3. Fundamental Perils for Scientific Assessments -- Part II: A Philosophical Evaluation of Normative Science-Policy Models -- 4. Prevalent Action-Guiding Models of Scientific Expertise in Policy -- 5. Fact/Value Conflation and the Danger of the Traditional Models -- 6. Pragmatism: Objectivity Despite Fact/Value Entanglement -- Part III: A Critical Look at the IPCC's Economics -- 7. Understanding and Evaluating the IAM-based Economics -- 8. Ethics in Climate Economics: Balance or Bias? -- 9. Trust Them? The Epistemic Quality of Climate Economics -- 10. An Evaluation of the IPCC WG III Assessments -- Part IV: Towards Improved Integrated Economic Assessments for Climate Policy -- 11. Elements of a Guideline for Future Integrated Economic Assessments of the IPCC -- 12. Potential Implications of the IPCC Reform: Deliberative Learning and Difficulties of In-depth Policy Assessment.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 344.046; 363.70561; Environment; Climatic changes -- Government policy; Pragmatism; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Economic policy; Economic policy; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Climatic changes -- Government policy; Pragmatism; Klimaschutz; Sozialwissenschaften; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Philosophy -- Political; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Philosophy -- Movements -- Pragmatism; Social & political philosophy; Political economy; Western philosophy, from c 1900; Political science_xPhilosophy; Law -- Environmental; Environment law; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319432816; 3319432818
• Related ISBNs: 3319432796; 9783319432793
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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