Bailey, CJ (2019) Assessing President Obama's Climate Change Record. Environmental Politics, 28 (5). pp. 847-865. ISSN 1743-8934

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Abstract

This essay assesses President Obama’s climate change record by looking at his success in translating policy goals into policy outputs (laws or regulatory action) during his time in office. It begins by using Obama’s campaign speeches to identify specific promises to take action on climate change, and then proceeds to examine whether, how, and with what success he managed to act upon these pledges. The essay shows that Obama set out a multi-pronged approach to dealing with climate change in his campaign speeches, and succeeded in translating many of his goals into policy outputs. The latter is a significant finding as the standard against which Obama is being judged is very high. The idea that an elected politician managed to fulfil many of the promises made on the campaign trail is worthy of note as the normal expectation is to find a gap between promises and performance. The finding also contributes to debates about Obama’s “green” credentials.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) will be available online via Taylor & Francis at https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1494967 - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.
Uncontrolled Keywords: United States, President Obama, climate change, environment
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Divisions: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations and Environment
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2017 10:29
Last Modified: 09 Jan 2020 01:30
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4242

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