Breaking the Treadmill? Climate Change Policy Networks and the Prospects for Low Carbon Futures in Australia and Finland

Ylä-Anttila, T; Gronow, A; Karimo, A; Goodman, J; da Rimini, F

Breaking the Treadmill? Climate Change Policy Networks and the Prospects for Low Carbon Futures in Australia and Finland

Ylä-Anttila, T Gronow, A Karimo, A Goodman, J

da Rimini, F

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Publisher:: Informa UK Limited
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Citation:: Society and Natural Resources, 2020, pp. 1-19
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ylä-Anttila, T
dc.contributor.author	Gronow, A
dc.contributor.author	Karimo, A
dc.contributor.author	Goodman, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3211-3416
dc.contributor.author	da Rimini, F
dc.date.accessioned	2020-09-26T08:53:21Z
dc.date.available	2020-09-26T08:53:21Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Society and Natural Resources, 2020, pp. 1-19
dc.identifier.issn	0894-1920
dc.identifier.issn	1521-0723
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/142880
dc.description.abstract	© 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.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Informa UK Limited
dc.relation.ispartof	Society and Natural Resources
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/08941920.2020.1802540
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Ecology
dc.title	Breaking the Treadmill? Climate Change Policy Networks and the Prospects for Low Carbon Futures in Australia and Finland
dc.type	Journal Article
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
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dc.date.updated	2020-09-26T08:53:18Z
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© 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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