Bringing the policy making perspective in: A political science approach to social acceptance

Dermont, Clau; Ingold, Karin; Kammermann, Lorenz; Stadelmann‐Steffen, Isabelle

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.05.062

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“…In this paper, what we investigated falls into the category of 'community acceptance', which refers to the specific acceptance of local stakeholders, particularly local residents, on certain projects. Considering we studied the acceptance of a proposed policy by local residents, rather than on an already approved project, the dependent variable is called "public preference toward congestion charge policy" following the work done by Dermont et al [26]. However, all the smog control and traffic control studies we have cited use "public acceptance" as their chosen term.…”

Section: Prior Studies On Public Acceptance Of Congestion Chargesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Batel et al [24] distinguished between the concepts of acceptance and support, stating that communities and individuals might accept energy technologies while not necessarily supporting them, and may not even know of their nearby existence. Wüstenhagen et al [25] and Dermont et al [26] clarified three dimensions of social acceptance, namely socio-political, community, and market acceptance. In this paper, what we investigated falls into the category of 'community acceptance', which refers to the specific acceptance of local stakeholders, particularly local residents, on certain projects.…”

Section: Prior Studies On Public Acceptance Of Congestion Chargesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Smog Awareness Influences Public Acceptance of Congestion Charge Policies

Zhou

Dai

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:Although various studies have investigated public acceptance of congestion charge policies, most of them have focused on behavioral and policy-related factors, and did not consider the moderating influence that individual concern about smog and perceived smog risk may have on public acceptance. This paper takes the congestion charge policy in China, targeted at smog and traffic control, and checks how smog awareness-including smog concerns and perceived smog risks, besides behavioral and policy-related factors-might influence public acceptance of the policy. In this paper, we found both a direct and moderating causal relationship between smog awareness and public acceptance. Based on a sample of 574 valid questionnaires in Beijing and Shanghai in 2016, an ordered logistic regression modeling approach was used to delineate the causality between smog awareness and public acceptance. We found that both smog concerns, such as perceived smog risk, and willingness to pay (WTP) were both directly and indirectly positively correlated with public acceptance. These findings imply that policymakers should increase policy fairness with environmental-oriented policy design and should express potential policy effectiveness of the smog controlling policy to citizens to increase their acceptance level.

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Section: Prior Studies On Public Acceptance Of Congestion Chargesmentioning

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Section: Prior Studies On Public Acceptance Of Congestion Chargesmentioning

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How Smog Awareness Influences Public Acceptance of Congestion Charge Policies

Zhou

Dai

2017

Sustainability

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“…If they do not correspond then a policy proposal has significantly lower chances of being implemented. The beliefs of the public concerning the promotion of hydroelectricity can be evaluated based on their acceptance for hydroelectricity in general and through the public's acceptance of promotional instruments (Dermont et al, ; Sabatier, ). Recent survey data among Swiss residents shows that the acceptance of hydroelectricity (small‐ and large‐scale projects) and its promotion is unanimously high and that there is hardly any variance between the cantons (85–95% approval).…”

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“…Even though hydroelectricity is already well established, it also faces multiple challenges: the conflict between hydroelectric power production on one side and landscape and environmental protection on the other has intensified (Abazaj, Moen, & Ruud, ; Wolsink, ), and new technologies become more and more relevant (Fouquet, ; Gaudard & Romerio, ). Additional factors such as the public acceptance of infrastructure projects or the economic profitability hinder a quick expansion of hydroelectric energy (Dermont, Ingold, Kammermann, & Stadelmann‐Steffen, ; Wüstenhagen, Wolsink, & Bürer, ). In order to overcome such issues, governments use policy instruments to promote hydroelectricity (Lodge & Wegrich, ).…”

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Factors Driving the Promotion of Hydroelectricity: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Kammermann

2017

Review of Policy Research

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In the wake of the COP21 conference in Paris, the transition to a low-carbon energy supply remains a central issue on the political agenda. The deployment of renewable energies is often challenged by multiple issues (e.g., public acceptance, landscape protection, and so forth). Political actors try to overcome such challenges with various measures; however, the policy instruments used vary greatly in their strength. This article questions what factors lead to the adoption of strong policy instruments promoting hydroelectricity. Explanatory factors are derived from Kingdon's multiple streams framework and are analyzed with fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis within the Swiss cantons. The findings show that the strength of policy promoting hydroelectricity depends on the conjunction of mainly two factors: ambitious climate targets and an already well-established hydroelectricity sector that generates large tax revenues for the cantons. Depending on the context, the strength of left-wing and green parties as well as the current level of exploitation play an important role with the aforementioned factors.

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“…Nevertheless, they do begin to shed light on our discussion and on answers to the questions we posed previously. These refer to how energy policies and their materialization might create and reinforce intergroup tensions and specific dynamics, and points to future research directions that are important to follow up in examining people's relations with energy and specifically the social acceptance of RET (Wüstenhagen et al, 2007;Dermont et al, 2017). These directions include the following:…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%