Understanding Political Discourse on Climate Change in U.S. Congressional Hearings (Invited)
Abstract
How are the testimonies presented in the US Congress ideologically related? Using a methodological innovation in network analysis, this project analyzes the ideological relationships among speakers providing testimony on the issue of climate change in the 109th and 110th Sessions of the US Congress. This analysis shows that, within the US Congress, scientific consensus has emerged around the issue. However, there continues to be significant disagreement about the economic implications of regulating greenhouse gases and the policy instrument that should do the regulating. The findings point to the ways that the information from a Global Greenhouse Gas Information System would contribute significantly to the policy-making process.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010AGUFMGC41G..03F
- Keywords:
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- 6300 POLICY SCIENCES;
- 6324 POLICY SCIENCES / Legislation and regulations;
- 6600 PUBLIC ISSUES;
- 6615 PUBLIC ISSUES / Legislation and regulations