Governing Decarbonisation: The State and the New Politics of Climate Change

Roger Hildingsson

Governing Decarbonisation: The State and the New Politics of Climate Change

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The new climate politics of decarbonisation address the prospects for moving society away from its current dependence on fossil carbon energy. In this compilation dissertation, Hildingsson explores the role of the state as a critical site for progressive climate action, and examines its capacity to govern decarbonisation by transforming systems, structures and practices that generate carbon emissions. Based on insights from the development of climate governance arrangements and institutional conditions for public policy in Sweden, Hildingsson proposes that the modern (environmental) state holds untapped capacities to govern decarbonisation. These capacities can be progressively explored to advance and scale up the efforts to reorient societal development. Thus, a decarbonising state can be made more actively engaged in steering and enabling the processes of low-carbon transitions, and in developing new ways for orchestrating a wide range of low-carbon initiatives and developments.

Originalspråk	engelska
Kvalifikation	Doktor
Tilldelande institution	Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
Handledare	Kronsell, Annica, handledare Stripple, Johannes, handledare
Tilldelningsdatum	2014 dec. 5
Förlag	Lund University
ISBN (tryckt)	978-91-7623-181-4
ISBN (elektroniskt)	978-91-7623-182-1
Status	Published - 2014

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Date: 2014-12-05
Time: 10:15
Place: Edens hörsal, Paradisgata 5 H, Lund
External reviewer(s)
Name: Meadowcroft, James
Title: Professor
Affiliation: Carleton University
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Governing Decarbonisation: The State and the New Politics of Climate Change

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