Case Study. The unit of analysis in this research is the policy change in the US with the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. A case study is about examining a particular phenomenon within its context (Blater & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2012). This research is a case study as it researches the policy change in one single entity, the US under the ▇▇▇▇▇ administration. The justification of this case is that the US is the only country that formally withdrew from the Paris Agreement. Making a case study approach the only research approach for this study as there are no similar cases. The phenomenon that will be studied is the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, and its context is the US The goal of this research is to explore which factors contributed to the decision. Making it an exploratory case study. It will identify the factors (variables) that contributed to this decision. Through extensive descriptions of the events that led to the withdrawal, this study provides insights into the policy change processes. Policy changes and the role each actor plays in the streams can further our understandings of how policy changes occur. This research is qualitative justified by the complexity of the case study. Several perspectives need to be explored and understood in order to comprehend the decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Furthermore, this research design examines the relationship between different entities (e.g. Fox News, ▇▇▇▇▇ administration and the Heritage Foundation). These qualities render it fit for a qualitative research design.
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Sources: Paris Agreement, Paris Agreement