Trash or treasure: recycling narratives and reducing political polarisation

Lybecker, Donna L.; McBeth, Mark K.; Kusko, Elizabeth

doi:10.1080/09644016.2012.692935

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“…This focus is consistent with research that suggests that framing issues are potentially important for developing broad support for environmental policies (e.g. Lybecker et al 2013). Very few studies examine bill-level variation for this policy field (e.g.…”

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Party differences and energy reform: fiscal conservatism in the California legislature

Hess

Coley

Quan

et al. 2014

Environmental Politics

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Research building on political economy and ecological modernisation theories has paid increasing attention to the conditions that affect the prospects for environmental reform. Much work focuses on variation among political units in support of a single type of energy policy, whereas we examine within-state variation in support of a wide range of energy reform policies. Applying multilevel analyses to the 2011-2012 legislative session in California, we identify bill characteristics associated with divisions between Republicans and Democrats. Expanding the size or scope of government (through spending, government commissions, and business regulations) reduces support for energy reform among Republicans, whereas promoting transparency and other 'good government' initiatives reduces support among Democrats. In contrast with the standard view that Republicans oppose almost all energy reforms proposed by Democrats, we identify bill characteristics that increase the likelihood of support from both parties, namely tax reductions and credits, including for bills that promote renewable energy.

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Section: Background Literature and Contributionsupporting

confidence: 50%

Party differences and energy reform: fiscal conservatism in the California legislature

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Coley

Quan

et al. 2014

Environmental Politics

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“…These included the clash between economic rationalism and environmentalism, as well as the way environmental issues were constructed (as a market failure, for example) [52,58,65,79,80,86,[113][114][115]. The framing of discussion and differences in language used between groups were also found to be impediments [48,65,81,83,107,116]. Jabbour et al [48] identified differences in language use by scientists and policy makers as problematic in progressing towards and achieving international environmental goals.…”

Section: Interrelated Structural Causesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The attitudes/ beliefs of the public were found to influence the successful implementation or adoption of sustainable practices [31,51,61,62,69,[77][78][79][80][81]. Social resistance to change was also identified as a significant barrier to policy success [31,80,[82][83][84][85][86].…”

Section: Interrelated Structural Causesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first was the inadequacy or absence of consultation with the affected community [30,41,45,49,56,60,78,79,[81][82][83][84]94,95,98,99,103,110,115,120,122]. The second was a failure to adequately involve the community in the policy process [32,36,57,59,65,73,77,98,104,123].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Case studies in Finland, Italy, the West Balkans and Australia indicated that failure may result where policies are not well developed, are not implemented fully, are not politically popular, or go against a prevailing political agenda [41,47,48,67,71,74,79,[92][93][94]. Dominant interests, such as extractive industries, may influence what is politically feasible, resulting in a failure to deliver sustainability [41,42,44,46,49,58,60,73,81,93,[95][96][97]. An unstable political climate or corruption can further limit success [37,49,53,56,59,67,74,77,96,98].…”

Section: Interrelated Structural Causesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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For a generation, governments around the world have been committed to sustainable development as a policy goal. This has been supported by an array of new policies ranging from international agreements, to national strategies, environmental laws at many levels of government, regional programs, and local plans. Despite these efforts, decades of scientific monitoring indicate that the world is no closer to environmental sustainability and in many respects the situation is getting worse. This paper argues that a significant contributing factor to this situation is policy implementation failure. A systematic review of the literature reveals that the failure to achieve the intended outcomes of environmental policies is due to economic, political and communication factors. Conflict between the objectives of environmental policies and those focused on economic development, a lack of incentives to implement environmental policies, and a failure to communicate objectives to key stakeholders are all key factors that contribute to the inability to attain environmental sustainability.

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Trash or treasure: recycling narratives and reducing political polarisation

Cited by 50 publications

References 41 publications

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