Assessing the Priorities in China's Climate Change Policy-Making: Domestic and International Perspectives
Zhodnocení priorit ve vytváření čínské politiky klimatické změny: domácí a mezinárodní perspektivy
diplomová práce (OBHÁJENO)
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/127665Identifikátory
SIS: 214863
Kolekce
- Kvalifikační práce [17115]
Autor
Vedoucí práce
Oponent práce
Tesař, Jakub
Fakulta / součást
Fakulta sociálních věd
Obor
Mezinárodní vztahy
Katedra / ústav / klinika
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů
Datum obhajoby
23. 6. 2021
Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních vědJazyk
Angličtina
Známka
Výborně
Klíčová slova (anglicky)
China's climate change policy, process tracing, interest-based theory, constructivism, norms, responsible power, environmental politics, policy formationThis thesis investigates the factors that can sufficiently explain China's policy change on climate change issue. We utilize interest-based theory in environmental politics and constructivism to explore the drivers behind China's climate change policy formulation. The theories are tested by process tracing the historical development of China's policy on climate change. The analysis is further complemented by other explanatory factors based on empirical findings, including domestic policy process and the impact of non-state actors. The study finds out that China's climate change policy has experienced positive changes with growing policy stringency. The result shows that China's climate change policy cannot be sufficiently explained by the interest-based theory, the factor regarding ecological vulnerability can be only partially confirmed. Instead, international norms can provide plausible incentives for policy change through the process of socialization. The final policy outcomes are also connected to the interest of the most influential domestic political actor. The study results help us to better understand the environmental politics in China and provides guidelines to predict China's role in international climate change negotiation after the Conference of Parties in Paris.