Changing the record: Narrative policy analysis and the politics of emissions trading in New Zealand

Inderberg, Tor Håkon Jackson; Bailey, Ian

doi:10.1002/eet.1868

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“…The empirical material was drawn mainly from public documents but one semi-structured interview was conducted with an individual involved in the NGO Generation Zero to explore and validate interpretations of informal processes and timelines. This empirical material was supported by insights on debates surrounding New Zealand climate policy gained from 23 expert interviews conducted with politicians, government officials, business groups, NGOs and independent commentators for a previous research project, which were used indirectly to help interpret the discursive and policy positions of different actor groups for the present study (Inderberg & Bailey, 2019). The following sources were used to map the policy positions of different actors at different stages of the policy process against the main arguments used to justify these stances:…”

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“…3. Only the libertarian party ACT argued that New Zealand was incapable of contributing to meaningful change through its actions (Inderberg & Bailey, 2019). 4.…”

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“…Our empirical questions on how cross-party agreement on the approach to New Zealand climate policy occurred and came under strain so quickly afterwards feed into our main analytical question: how do discursive choices made by climate policy entrepreneurs contribute to reconfiguring political debate on the adoption and design of Climate Change Acts (CCAs)? The role of framing and discourse in shaping conditions for climate legislation has been analysed extensively (Carter & Jacobs, 2014;Christoff, 2013;Gillard, 2016;Inderberg & Bailey, 2019;Lockwood, 2013;. Research has shown how recasting climate change from an environmental to an economic frame can enable CCA advocates to emphasise the socio-economic benefits of decarbonization (Carter & Jacobs, 2014).…”

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Idealism, pragmatism, and the power of compromise in the negotiation of New Zealand’s Zero Carbon Act

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Discursive choices made by policy entrepreneurs are an important factor in the development of climate change acts (CCAs). This article examines the extent to which such choices reflect the strategic need for CCA entrepreneurs to compromise pragmatically and modulate their policy preferences in order to secure the agreement needed for CCA adoption. Drawing upon theoretical insights from discursive institutionalism (DI) and policy entrepreneurship, this article analyses discursive choices during negotiations surrounding the New Zealand Zero Carbon Act (ZCA). The analysis shows that endogenous political-ideological constraints compelled entrepreneurial actors to modify first-choice preferences for emissions reduction legislation by reframing their coordinative discursive interventions to accommodate potentially oppositional groups. Further research is required into the conditions under which such strategies become discursively operational, to provide guidance to climate policy entrepreneurs as CCAs continue to diffuse globally. Key policy insights:. Strategic compromise by climate advocates is crucial to the passage of enduring legislation. . Climate policy entrepreneurs' decisions about how and when to compromise to ensure legislation may have significant implications for climate policy efficacy and political durability. . Compromises may only defer rather than diffuse underlying political tensions but can enable CCA adoption so as to reshape political contexts in the longer-term. . Future research can inform climate policy advocacy strategies that aim to balance ambition and durability.

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“…3. Only the libertarian party ACT argued that New Zealand was incapable of contributing to meaningful change through its actions (Inderberg & Bailey, 2019). 4.…”

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“…Such official policies or regulations define key premises for subsequent policies, regulations, and sector behaviour, and therefore also pathway direction. Inspired by 'anchoring practices,' the conceptual notion of a hierarchy in practices that 'anchors' and sets premises for other and subsequent practices (Inderberg & Bailey, 2019;Swidler, 2001), understanding the cases as 'anchoring policies' relates also to their relative place in regulatory complexes, where they strongly shape subsequent regulation. Path change would also entail adaptations in the anchoring policies.…”

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Centrally Decentralising? Analysing Key Policies and Pathways in Norway’s Electricity Transitions

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With national electricity systems, ‘transition’ may involve decentralising production and ownership, and digitalising the system. These processes are facilitated by smart metering, ‘prosuming,’ and changes in consumer behaviour. Driving factors may be national steering, or the process can be left to the market. In Norway, the government has opted for tightly steered national coordination of three key areas: national smart-meter implementation (since 2011), prosumer regulation (since 2016), and a national end-user demand flexibility regulation (expected to be adopted in 2020). These regulations influence production patterns, energy flows and grid activities. Drawing on organisational fields theory, this article asks: Why was it decided to adopt these policies centrally? Which actors have had greatest influence on policy outputs? And, finally, what of the possible implications? The regulations, developed in a sector in a state of field crisis, have generally been supported by the relevant actors. The Norwegian case can help to explain incumbent roles and field crisis, as well as nuanced drivers in complex transitions, beyond decarbonisation.

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“…An important influence on public opinion is the news media (Corbett ; Lester ; Lyytimäki and Peltonen ; Carmichael and Brulle ; Bolsen and Shapiro ). This is the arena where emergent issues are defined and understanding of issues is shaped (Boulus and Dowding ; Jackson Inderberg and Bailey ). Influence via the news media can be through television news, print media, and, increasingly, articles shared via social media.…”

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The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: An experimental test in the Australian context

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Decision makers use public opinion as an indicator of social acceptance for land use changes. However, public opinion is informed by, inter alia, the media, which tends to “frame” issues of public interest in terms of social conflict rather than the substantive details of the issue. Previous research about the influence of conflict on public opinion about politics has yielded contradictory results about the effect of this “conflict framing.” Some studies have shown that conflict framing polarises public opinion, whereas others have found that it moderates public opinion. Similarly, there is no clear understanding of how conflict framing may affect public opinion about the social acceptance of land use changes. This study presents an experimental survey with a quota sample of the Australian population (n = 1,147) where fictional land use change headlines were manipulated to represent three levels of conflict framing (no conflict; conflict; and conflict between identified parties). The results showed that heightened conflict framing led to the strength of support or opposition for land use changes to become weaker. Importantly, these findings show that perceived social conflict can shape public opinion on land use change. As a consequence, public opinion may not represent genuine social acceptance of land use change in cases where conflict is pronounced in the media. This raises the need for attentiveness to disentangling the influence of conflict framing from the substantive issues of land use change.

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Changing the record: Narrative policy analysis and the politics of emissions trading in New Zealand

Cited by 13 publications

References 51 publications

Idealism, pragmatism, and the power of compromise in the negotiation of New Zealand’s Zero Carbon Act

Idealism, pragmatism, and the power of compromise in the negotiation of New Zealand’s Zero Carbon Act

Centrally Decentralising? Analysing Key Policies and Pathways in Norway’s Electricity Transitions

The role of conflict framing and social identity in public opinion about land use change: An experimental test in the Australian context

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