Review of Policy Research

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Volume 31, issue 6, 2014

The Challenges of Consulting the Public on Science Policy: Examining the Development of European Risk Assessment Policy for Genetically Modified Animals pp. 481-502

Sarah Hartley and Kate M. Millar

EU Legislation to Reduce Carbon Emissions from Cars: Intergovernmental or Supranational Policy Making? pp. 503-528

Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Anne Raaum Christensen

An Examination of Local Climate Change Policies in the Great Plains pp. 529-554

Robert S. Wood, Andy Hultquist and Rebecca J. Romsdahl

Public Support for Climate Change Policy: Consistency in the Influence of Values and Attitudes Over Time and Across Specific Policy Alternatives pp. 555-583

James W. Stoutenborough, Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo and Arnold Vedlitz

Does the Network Centrality of Government Actors Matter? Examining the Role of Government Organizations in Aquaculture Partnerships pp. 584-609

William Resh, Saba Siddiki and Will R. McConnell

Volume 31, issue 5, 2014

Introduction pp. 363-366

Darius Ornston

Coordination-Mix: The Hidden Face of STI Policy pp. 367-389

Edurne Magro, Mikel Navarro and Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia

The Role of Institutions and Capital in Intersectoral Collaboration: Infection and Immunity Research and Development Collaboration in Vancouver pp. 390-407

Bryn Lander

The Confluence of Academia and Industry: A Case Study of the Taiwanese Biopharmaceutical Innovation System pp. 408-429

Shih-Hsin Chen

Support for International Collaboration in Research: The Role of the Overseas Offices of Basic Science Funders pp. 430-453

Brian Sergi, Rachel Parker and Brian Zuckerman

When the High Road Becomes the Low Road: The Limits of High-Technology Competition in Finland pp. 454-477

Darius Ornston

Oil and Wilderness in Alaska: Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and National Policy Dynamics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 184 pages. ISBN 9781589016620, $29.95 paperback. by George J. Busenberg, 2013 pp. 478-480

Jonathan Rosenberg

Volume 31, issue 4, 2014

Path Dependence and Paradigm Shift: How Cetacean Scientists Learned to Develop Management Procedures that Survived the Controversial Whaling Regime pp. 257-280

Atsushi Ishii and Ayako Okubo

Assessing Policy Design and Interpretation: An Institutions-Based Analysis in the Context of Aquaculture in Florida and Virginia, United States pp. 281-303

Saba Siddiki

The Big (Data) Bang: Policy, Prospects, and Challenges pp. 304-310

Connie L. McNeely and Jong-on Hahm

From Big Data to Knowledge: An Ontological Approach to Big Data Analytics pp. 311-318

Erik W. Kuiler

Government Information Policy in the Era of Big Data pp. 319-325

Anne L. Washington

The Promise and Potential of Big Data: A Case for Discovery Informatics pp. 326-330

Vasant G. Honavar

Trade-Offs, Limitations, and Promises of Big Data in Social Science Research pp. 331-338

Patricia White and R. Saylor Breckenridge

Big Data and U.S. Public Policy pp. 339-342

Roger Stough and Dennis McBride

Big Data for Policy Analysis: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly pp. 343-348

Laurie A. Schintler and Rajendra Kulkarni

Civic Hackathons: Innovation, Procurement, or Civic Engagement? pp. 349-357

Peter Johnson and Pamela Robinson

Cities, Networks, and Global Environmental Governance: Spaces of Innovation, Places of Leadership. New York: Routledge. 240 pages. ISBN 9780415537513, $130.00 hardcover. by Sofie Bouteligier, 2013 pp. 358-360

David Gordon

Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 312 pages. ISBN 9780822354208, $24.95 paperback. by Bram Büscher, 2013 pp. 360-362

Larry A. Swatuk

Volume 31, issue 3, 2014

The Determinants of Salience of Energy Issues pp. 153-172

William R. Lowry and Mark Joslyn

The Global Climate Regime: Explaining Lagging Reform pp. 173-198

Alexander Ovodenko

Abnormal Daily Temperature and Concern about Climate Change Across the United States pp. 199-217

Jeremy Brooks, Douglas Oxley, Arnold Vedlitz, Sammy Zahran and Charles Lindsey

Multi-Sited Governance of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: Mapping and Evaluating the Terrain pp. 218-252

Laura German

The Power of Narrative in Environmental Networks. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 240 pages. ISBN: 9780262519571, $22.00 paperback. by Raul Lejano, Mrill Ingram, and Helen Ingram, 2013 pp. 253-255

Nathan Young

Volume 31, issue 2, 2014

Understanding a Period of Policy Change: The Case of Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Policy in Colorado pp. 65-87

Tanya Heikkila, Jonathan J. Pierce, Samuel Gallaher, Jennifer Kagan, Deserai A. Crow and Christopher M. Weible

Understanding State Rulemaking Processes: Developing Fracking Rules in Colorado, New York, and Ohio pp. 88-104

Sara Rinfret, Jeffrey J. Cook and Michelle C. Pautz

Examining the Canadian Government's Resistance to Including Socioeconomic Concerns in Genetically Modified Seeds Regulation: A Policy Transfer and Multilevel Approach pp. 105-124

Jean-Michel Marcoux and Lyne Létourneau

Science and Politics in the Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms in Brazil pp. 125-147

Maya Mitre and Bruno P. W. Reis

Contested Water: The Struggle Against Water Privatization in the United States and Canada. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 208 pages. ISBN 9780262518390, $23.00 paperback. by Joanna L. Robinson, 2013 pp. 148-150

Megan Mullin

Green Innovation in China: China's Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy. New York: Columbia University Press. xx + 282 pages. ISBN 9780231153300, $40.00 cloth. by Joanna I. Lewis, 2013 pp. 150-152

Edward A. Cunningham

Volume 31, issue 1, 2014

Energy Abundance or Environmental Worries? Analyzing Public Support for Fracking in the United States pp. 1-16

Charles Davis and Jonathan M. Fisk

Early Adopters of Solar Panels in Developing Countries: Evidence from Tanzania pp. 17-37

Michael G. Smith and Johannes Urpelainen

Termination Theory and National Climate Change Mitigation Programs: The Case of New Zealand pp. 38-59

S. Jeff Birchall

The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 336 pages. ISBN 9780691124162, $39.50 cloth. by David Vogel. 2012 pp. 60-62

Kate O'Neill

Power Over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 412 pages. ISBN 9780691139333, $35.00 cloth. by Daniel R. Headrick. 2010 pp. 62-64

Geoffrey Herrera

Volume 30, issue 6, 2013

Pressure or Information? Lobbying for Binding Renewable Energy Targets in the European Union pp. 611-628

Anne Therese Gullberg

Local Governance Versus Centralization: Connecticut Wetlands Governance as a Model pp. 629-656

Katharine Owens and Carl Zimmerman

The Inclusion of Nonsafety Criteria within the Regulatory Framework of Agricultural Biotechnology: Exploring Factors that Are Likely to Influence Policy Transfer pp. 657-684

Jean-Michel Marcoux, Olga Carolina Cardenas Gomez and Lyne Létourneau

Open for Business: Conservatives' Opposition to Environmental Regulation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 496 pages. ISBN 9780262018272, $35.00 hardcover. by Judith A. Layzer, 2012. Eco-Business: A Big-Brand Takeover of Sustainability. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 208 pages. ISBN 9780262018760, $24.95 hardcover. by Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister, 2013 pp. 685-689

Matto Mildenberger

Volume 30, issue 5, 2013

Introduction to the Special Issue: Nanotechnology and Political Science pp. 439-446

David H. Guston

Agenda Setting in Emergent R&D Policy Subsystems: Examining Discourse Effects of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act pp. 447-463

Derrick Anderson and Catherine P. Slade

“The Train Has Left the Station”: The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and the Shaping of Nanotechnology Policy in the United States pp. 464-487

Evan S. Michelson

The Current Status and Future Direction of Nanotechnology Regulations: A View from Nano-scientists pp. 488-511

Elizabeth A. Corley, Youngjae Kim and Dietram A. Scheufele

Hungry for Information: Public Attitudes Toward Food Nanotechnology and Labeling pp. 512-548

Jonathan Brown and Jennifer Kuzma

Managing Nanotechnology Risks in Vulnerable Populations: A Case for Gender Diversity pp. 549-565

Vivien Savath and Suzanne Gage Brainard

Improving Legitimacy in Nanotechnology Policy Development Through Stakeholder and Community Engagement: Forging New Pathways pp. 566-587

A. Wendy Russell

Nano-Industry Operationalizations of “Responsibility”: Charting Diversity in the Enactment of Responsibility pp. 588-604

Clare Shelley-Egan and Sarah R. Davies

The Roads from Rio: Lessons Learned from Twenty Years of Multilateral Environmental Negotiations. New York: RFF Press. 312 pages. ISBN 9780415809771, $42.95 paperback. edited by Pamela S. Chasek and Lynn M. Wagner (eds.), 2012 pp. 605-607

Noelle E. Selin

Global Environmental Governance Reconsidered. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 320 pages. ISBN 9780262517706, $25.00 paperback. edited by Frank Biermann and Philipp Pattberg (eds.), 2012 pp. 607-609

Leah Stokes

Volume 30, issue 4, 2013

The Right to Know? State Politics of Fracking Disclosure pp. 345-365

Jonathan M. Fisk

Oil Spill Causation and the Deepwater Horizon Spill pp. 366-380

Rick S. Kurtz

How Large-Scale Research Facilities Connect to Global Research pp. 381-408

Giancarlo Lauto and Finn Valentin

The World Bank as Knowledge Bank: Analyzing the Limits of a Legitimate Global Knowledge Actor pp. 409-431

Teresa Kramarz and Bessma Momani

Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 336 pages. ISBN 9780262517553, $15.00 paperback. by Charles Weiss and William B. Bonvillian, 2012. Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 360 pages. ISBN 9780262516952, $24.95 paperback. by Peter Hoffmann, 2012. Unlocking Energy Innovation: How America Can Build a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy System. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 224 pages. ISBN 9780262016773, $24.95 hardcover. by Richard K. Lester and David M. Hart, 2012 pp. 432-437

Corey Johnson

Volume 30, issue 3, 2013

The Environmental Protection Agency Regulates Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Is Anyone Paying Attention? pp. 263-280

Jeffrey J. Cook and Sara R. Rinfret

Policy Alternatives in Adaptive Communities: Simulating the Environmental Justice Consequences of Hazardous Site Remediation Strategies pp. 281-301

Adam Eckerd

“Conservation” as a Catalyst for Conflict: Considering Stakeholder Understanding in Policy Making pp. 302-320

Deserai Anderson Crow and Olga Baysha

Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Fracking Policy Development pp. 321-340

Barry G. Rabe and Christopher Borick

Pesticide Drift and the Pursuit of Environmental Justice. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 296 pp. ISBN: 9780262516280, $23 paperback. by Jill Lindsey Harrison. 2011 pp. 341-343

Sarah T. Phillips

Food. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. 200 pp. ISBN 9780745649368, $19.95 paperback. by Jennifer Clapp. 2011 pp. 343-344

Timothy Wise

Volume 30, issue 2, 2013

Addressing Public Risks: Extreme Events and Critical Infrastructures pp. 139-159

Peter J. May and Chris Koski

Funding Global Public Goods: The Dark Side of Multilateralism pp. 160-189

Patrick Bayer and Johannes Urpelainen

Media Framing and Public Attitudes Toward Biofuels pp. 190-210

Ashlie Delshad and Leigh Raymond

International Production Networks, Clusters, and Industrial Upgrading: Evidence from Automotive and Hard Disk Drive Industries in Thailand pp. 211-239

Archanun Kohpaiboon and Juthathip Jongwanich

The Defining Elements of Advocacy Coalitions: Continuing the Search for Explanations for Coordination and Coalition Structures pp. 240-257

Simon Matti and Annica Sandström

Climate Change and Migration: Security and Borders in a Warming World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 192 pages. ISBN 9780199794836, $27.95 paperback. by Gregory White. 2011 pp. 258-260

Jeannie Sowers

Comparative Environmental Politics: Theory, Practice, and Prospects. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 424 pages. ISBN 9780262693684, $28.00 paperback. edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer (Eds.). 2012 pp. 260-262

Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba

Volume 30, issue 1, 2013

Policy Capacity and the Ability to Adapt to Climate Change: C anadian and U. S. Case Studies pp. 1-18

Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett

Policy Capacity for Climate Change in C anada's Transportation Sector pp. 19-41

Joshua Newman, Anthony Perl, Adam Wellstead and Kathleen McNutt

Assessing Policy Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation: Governance Arrangements, Resource Deployments, and Analytical Skills in C anadian Infrastructure Policy Making pp. 42-65

Jonathan Craft, Michael Howlett, Mark Crawford and Kathleen McNutt

Dispersed Capacity and Weak Coordination: The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation in C anada's Forest Policy Sector pp. 66-90

Jeremy Rayner, Kathleen McNutt and Adam Wellstead

Climate Change Adaptation and Policy Capacity in the Canadian Finance Sector: A Meso Analysis pp. 91-113

Russell Alan Williams and Kathleen McNutt

A Stakeholder Analysis of C olorado Climate and Energy Issues Using Policy Analytical Capacity and the Advocacy Coalition Framework pp. 114-133

Dallas J. Elgin and Christopher M. Weible

The EU as International Environmental Negotiator. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. 260 pages. ISBN 9781409411826, $114.95 hardback. Tom Delreux. 2011 pp. 134-135

Rüdiger Wurzel

Not Here, Not There, Not Anywhere: Politics, Social Movements, and the Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste. London: Earthscan/RFF Press. 240 pages. ISBN 9781933115924, $39.95 paperback. by Daniel J. Sherman. 2011 pp. 136-137

Barry G. Rabe