The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform

Part I. Introduction: 1. The Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform: An Introduction Jakob Skovgaard and Harro van Asselt; Part II. The Scope of the Challenge: 2. Defining and Measuring Fossil Fuel Subsidies Doug Koplow; 3. Reforming Fossil Fuel Subsidies: The Art of the Possible Shelagh Whitley and Laurie van der Burg; 4. The Political Economy of Incumbency: Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Global and Historical Context Peter Newell and Phil Johnstone; Part III. The International Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform: 5. Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: An International Norm Perspective Thijs Van de Graaf and Mathieu Blondeel; 6. International Push, Domestic Reform? The Influence of International Economic Institutions on Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Jakob Svovgaard; 7. Fossil Fuel Subsidies and the Global Trade Regime Ronald Steenblik, Jehan Sauvage and Christina Timiliotis; 8. Fossil Fuel Subsidies and the Global Climate Regime Harro van Asselt, Laura Merrill and Kati Kulovesi; 9. Anatomy of an International Norm Entrepreneur: The Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Vernon Rive; 10. The Global Subsidies Initiative: Catalytic Actors and the Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Nathan Lemphers, Steven Bernstein and Matthew Hoffmann; Part IV. The Domestic Politics of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Their Reform: 11. Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform in Indonesia: The Struggle for Successful Reform Kathryn Chelminski; 12. Lessons from the World's Largest Subsidy Benefit Transfer Scheme: The Case of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Subsidy Reform in India Abhishek Jain, Shalu Agrawal and Karthik Ganesan; 13. Sustaining Carbon Lock-In: Fossil Fuel Subsidies in South Africa Jesse Burton, Tawney Lott and Britta Rennkamp; 14. The Politics of Subsidies to Coal Extraction in Colombia Claudia Strambo, Ana Carolina Gonzalez Espinosa, Angelica Puertas Velasco and Aaron Atteridge; 15. Reforming Egypt's Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Context of a Changing Social Contract Tom S. H. Moerenhout; 16. Actors, Frames and Contexts in Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago Michelle Scobie; Part V. Synthesis and Conclusions: 17. Conclusions and Ways Forward Jakob Skovgaard and Harro van Asselt; Index.