Neoliberalism and Climate Policy in the United States

Robert MacNeil is Lecturer in Environmental Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney.

• Part I Introduction1 US climate policy, neoliberalism & the developmental state 2 Conceptualizing neoliberal climate policy in the US Part II The developmental state vs. the deregulatory state3 The American developmental state: from confederation to neoliberalism 4 Neoliberalism and environmental regulation Part III The nature and function of US climate policy5 Pull policies: Alternative routes to climate regulation 6 Push policies: The developmental state and clean energy Part IV Assessing neoliberal climate policy in the US7 The functionality and sustainability of current US climate policy8 The future of neoliberal climate policy in the US 9 Concluding reflections Afterword: President Trump’s Climate Policy

‘MacNeil’s analysis brings debates within ‘Varieties of Capitalism’ accounts of comparative political economy into conversation with debates about neoliberalism as a driving force in climate change politics. As such, this work makes highly important contributions both to analyses of US and comparative environmental politics and to comparative political economy.’- Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester, UK'The book makes a persuasive case for understanding Washington as a developmental state, and by showing how its structures facilitate, at least in part, the emergence of a green economy, it cogently makes the case that neoliberalism is much more complicated than usually understood. The process whereby neoliberalism and the regulatory impulses of environmentalism collide is clearly spelled out in a way that adds nuance to the discussion and puts the American climate change debate into appropriate political context.'- Simon Dalby, University of Waterloo, Canada