Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6559161 | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | 2018 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Research on the politics of sustainability transitions can benefit from more attention to the political opportunity structure and its variation at different levels of spatial scale. The study focuses on policy conflicts in the U.S. as represented in the media during the Obama administration years of 2007-2013, when the opportunity structure became increasingly closed. Energy-transition policies were often framed as green jobs and green economic development to overcome opposition from regime actors and conservative politicians. We show that media reports of the policies at the national and global level are less positive than at the local and state-government level. Furthermore, articles that quote from business leaders tend to be more positive. Scalar variation in political opportunities is of general interest for the politics of transitions, especially in countries where conservative parties control national governments and oppose sustainability policy development.
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Authors
David J. Hess, Quan D. Mai, Rachel Skaggs, Magdalena Sudibjo,