Discourse Coalitions and the Australian Climate Change Policy Network

Harriet Bulkeley
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Harriet Bulkeley: Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EN, England

Environment and Planning C, 2000, vol. 18, issue 6, 727-748

Abstract: Ever since the agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, climate change has become the most prominent global environmental issue on domestic political agendas. The author examines how a policy-network approach can contribute to the analysis of domestic climate change responses. Consideration is given to the role of advocacy coalitions and discourse coalitions within policy networks. It is argued that the discourse-coalition approach offers a useful explanation of the processes of coalition formation, interaction, and policy learning. Although it cannot alone explain the outcomes of the policy process, its emphasis on the dynamics of meaning, legitimacy, and knowledge as an essential part of policymaking can usefully be incorporated into an analysis of policy networks.

Date: 2000
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