When science meets strategic realpolitik: The case of the Copenhagen UN climate change summit

Carter, C; Clegg, S; Wåhlin, N

When science meets strategic realpolitik: The case of the Copenhagen UN climate change summit

Carter, C Clegg, S

Wåhlin, N

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Citation:: Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2011, 22 (7), pp. 682 - 697
Issue Date:: 2011-10-01

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dc.contributor.author	Carter, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wåhlin, N	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-10-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 2011, 22 (7), pp. 682 - 697	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1045-2354	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/18921
dc.description.abstract	This paper argues that the impasse over tackling climate change at the 2009 climate change summit is a result of the outcome of the prevailing power and politics at the summit. The paper discusses the sociological literature on power and notes that the failure of the summit illustrates the fragility of legitimacy and authority. The paper rehearses key parts of the chronology of the summit and argues that the politics of domination often prevail over the politics of legitimacy. Moreover, the way in which both science and politics have failed to legitimate the issue of climate change is explored. The paper closes with a discussion of what is required to fix the issue as legitimate and meriting serious action by major international agencies and economies. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Critical Perspectives on Accounting	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.cpa.2011.04.002	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Accounting	en_US
dc.title	When science meets strategic realpolitik: The case of the Copenhagen UN climate change summit	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	7	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	22	en_US
utslib.for	1501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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This paper argues that the impasse over tackling climate change at the 2009 climate change summit is a result of the outcome of the prevailing power and politics at the summit. The paper discusses the sociological literature on power and notes that the failure of the summit illustrates the fragility of legitimacy and authority. The paper rehearses key parts of the chronology of the summit and argues that the politics of domination often prevail over the politics of legitimacy. Moreover, the way in which both science and politics have failed to legitimate the issue of climate change is explored. The paper closes with a discussion of what is required to fix the issue as legitimate and meriting serious action by major international agencies and economies. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

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