Barry Rabe

Barry Rabe is a political scientist who examines the political feasibility and durability of climate and environmental policy in federal and multi-level systems of governments. He has received four awards recognizing his research from the American Political Science Association as well as research honors from the National Academy of Public Administration, the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, and the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. He is the author or co-author of six books, including “Can We Price Carbon? (MIT, 2018), “Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism (Brookings, 2020), and Statehouse and Greenhouse (Brookings, 2004). Rabe is currently examining the politics of short-lived climate pollutants such as methane and hydrofluorocarbons and the linkages between climate and trade policies.