1. Introduction: Global Climate Politics – Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias
Part I. Changing Climate Policies in the United States
2. The Limits of National Climate Policy Making and the Role of the Courts – Kirsten H. Engel
3. A New Era in States′ Climate Policies? – Barry G. Rabe
4. Climate Policy Innovation in American Cities – Rachel M. Krause
Part II. Civic Society and Climate Change
5. Explaining Public Conflict and Consensus on the Climate – Dennis Chong
6. The US National Climate Change Movement – Robert J. Brulle
7. Environmental Policies on the Ballot – Diana Forster and Daniel A. Smith
8. Consumer Political Action on Climate Change – Lauren Copeland and Eric R. A. N. Smith
9. The Politics of Urgent Transition – Thomas Princen

Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias is an Associate Professor of the Practice in Environmental Studies and Political Science at the University of Southern California. She has written on environmental politics, climate change, and international relations and is the co-editor of Cases, Numbers, Models: International Relations Research Methods, a widely adopted book that examines different approaches to the study of international relations. She previously taught at Northwestern University, where she was the Director of the Environmental Policy and Culture Program.