Climate change as a new research field for comparative political economy

Hanna Schwander

Chapter 29 in Handbook of Comparative Political Economy, 2025, pp 517-535 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The chapter sheds light on a new field for Comparative Political Economy. In light of the tremendous challenge climate warming represents for humankind and the need for decisive action now, CPE's focus on the state's crucial role in facilitating effective climate change action and its deep understanding of the distributive implications around public climate action that shape the political conflicts around climate action are warranted. The chapter reviews recent advances with the dual purpose of demonstrating the importance of integrating climate change into the field of CPE and highlighting the contributions of CPE to our understanding of climate politics. I first discuss research on party ideology and party competition before moving on to electoral politics and interest groups politics around public climate action. In reviewing the literature's arguments and findings, the review underscores the relevance of interests, ideas, and institutions in shaping climate politics. As a second aim, the chapter outlines a research agenda for CPE scholars, emphasizing the implementation of ambitious public climate action, the democracy-capitalism nexus, and climate change adaptation. The proposed research strategies provide direction for future studies in this field, ultimately contributing to effective policy-making to address the pressing issue of climate change.

Keywords: Climate change; Public climate action; Comparative Political Economy; Electoral politics; Interest group politics; Research agenda (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035327775
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