CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Mayer, Alexander |
|---|---|
| Title | GOP Pushback on International Agreements |
| Summary | Climate change has become a major talking point in international politics and is seen by many as being a pressing global issue. Throughout history there has been agreements drafted amongst the nations of the world, each one with a goal to reduce the negative impact of climate change. Scientists and scholars have stated that time is running out and that if the goal of lowering global temperature is to be reached then there needs to cooperative action from all nations. Therefore, the political environment surrounding this global issue in the US is of importance to international relations. During the recent Trump presidency and the Bush presidencies in the past there has been the most environmental policy deregulations well as push back on international agreements from the GOP. Using frame analysis of speeches on climate change by all three GOP presidents since the 1980’s I show that there is pushback through the use of climate skepticism, sovereignty, economic competitiveness, and economic security rhetorical frames. |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin K. |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/mayer_alexander.pdf |
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