The Comparative Turn in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security Governance Research

Central to this working paper is the notion that the concepts and methods of comparative politics can shine light on political factors important for catalysing positive change on the governance climate change adaptation and food security in the developing world. I first introduce comparative politic...

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Autor principal: Purdon, Mark
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51751
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description Central to this working paper is the notion that the concepts and methods of comparative politics can shine light on political factors important for catalysing positive change on the governance climate change adaptation and food security in the developing world. I first introduce comparative politics, including discussion of epistemological and methodological issues, before reviewing three salient groups of political and economic factors identified by the comparative politics literature—institutions, ideas and interests—as well as highlighting the important relationship between international and domestic politics. Such organization is important because it draws attention to important gaps in the existing climate change adaptation and food security literature, which tends towards a form of normative analysis that privileges institutions. The paper closes by making five recommendations for CCAFS future research: the need (i) to identify new dimensions for institutional research, (ii) to conduct governance research beyond institutions, (iii) to embrace more rigorous comparative methods, (iv) to address the “dependent variable” problem in climate change adaptation research and (v) to come to grips with “good enough” climate governance.
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spelling CGSpace517512024-01-23T12:03:53Z The Comparative Turn in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security Governance Research Purdon, Mark climate change adaptation food security governance adaptation methodology institutions Central to this working paper is the notion that the concepts and methods of comparative politics can shine light on political factors important for catalysing positive change on the governance climate change adaptation and food security in the developing world. I first introduce comparative politics, including discussion of epistemological and methodological issues, before reviewing three salient groups of political and economic factors identified by the comparative politics literature—institutions, ideas and interests—as well as highlighting the important relationship between international and domestic politics. Such organization is important because it draws attention to important gaps in the existing climate change adaptation and food security literature, which tends towards a form of normative analysis that privileges institutions. The paper closes by making five recommendations for CCAFS future research: the need (i) to identify new dimensions for institutional research, (ii) to conduct governance research beyond institutions, (iii) to embrace more rigorous comparative methods, (iv) to address the “dependent variable” problem in climate change adaptation research and (v) to come to grips with “good enough” climate governance. 2014-12-01 2014-12-05T12:30:15Z 2014-12-05T12:30:15Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51751 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Purdon M 2014. The Comparative Turn in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security Governance Research. CCAFS Working Paper no. 92. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
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The Comparative Turn in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security Governance Research
title The Comparative Turn in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security Governance Research
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title_short The Comparative Turn in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security Governance Research
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food security
governance
adaptation
methodology
institutions
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