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Climate Adaptation Policy and Evidence: Understanding the Tensions between Politics and Expertise in Public Policy

Climate Adaptation Policy and Evidence: Understanding the Tensions between Politics and Expertise in Public Policy

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Series: Earthscan Science in Society

Environmental StudiesGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 036715241X
ISBN13: 9780367152413
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 17 2019
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political values with technical considerations. Under the evidence-based mandate, both experts and non-experts often assume that policy problems are sufficiently tractable and that experts can provide impartial and usable advice to government so that problems like climate change adaptation can be effectively addressed; at least, where there is political will to do so. This book compares the politics and science informing climate adaptation policy in Australia and the UK to understand how realistic these expectations are in practice.

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