Breaking the Treadmill? : Climate Change Policy Networks and the Prospects for Low Carbon Futures in Australia and Finland
| Autor: | Antti Gronow, Tuomas Ylä-Anttila, Francesca da Rimini, James Goodman, Aasa Karimo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Political Science, Department of Social Research (2010-2017), Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Academic Disciplines of the Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Ecology
Sociology and Political Science policy change media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies Climate change 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Development 01 natural sciences treadmill of production State (polity) policy networks Environmental sociology Economics 5171 Political Science Treadmill Economic system Advocacy Coalition Framework Futures contract climate Change 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
| Popis: | © 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The Treadmill of Production Theory (TPT) argues that in advanced capitalist societies, business organizations, trade unions, and state actors form a constellation that prioritizes economic growth over environmental concerns. We combine this perspective with the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and use methods of social network analysis, survey data on key organizations in Finland and Australia, and in-depth interviews to map the policy network structures that resist low carbon transitions, and identify potential for change in these structures. We find that a coalition of economic, labor, and governmental organizations resists a low carbon transition in both countries. However, we also find several possible avenues of incremental change through changes in the network structures and the beliefs held by actors in the networks. Theoretically, this suggests that the TPT is correct in its diagnosis of the current situation, but the ACF may be a more fruitful perspective for identifying potential for change. |
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