Constructing legitimacy for climate change planning: A study of local government in Denmark

Cashmore, Matthew Asa; Wejs, Anja

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.019

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“…Themes were identified through an iterative and comparative process, coding for nuances and relationships between themes (Charmaz 2006). Central themes and sub-themes are outlined in Table 1 and illustrated in the thematic map presented in Fig.…”

Section: Methodology: Analysing Academic Constructions Of Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…van Kersbergen and van Waarden 2004;Esty 2006;Biermann and Gupta 2011;Cashmore and Wejs 2014;Mees et al 2014;van Buuren et al 2014;Eriksen et al 2015;Birnbaum 2016 appropriately judge participatory quality, it is essential that such underlying motives are explicated. Multi-stakeholder participation is not in itself a guarantee of legitimacy, but can both undermine as well as support pursuits of legitimate governance (Thaler and Hartmann 2016).…”

Section: Representative Deliberationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, mitigating the 'legitimacy gap' arguably needs to become a process of negotiation and expectation management. Cashmore and Wejs (2014) also define an additional type of legitimacy from the field of psychology, referred to as cultural-cognitive legitimacy, which can also be interpreted within the umbrella of acceptance. Here, legitimacy is not challenged unless there is a change in the routine and culturally accepted and expected way of doing things.…”

Section: Distributive Debatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bridging the legitimacy gap—translating theory into practical signposts for legitimate flood risk governance

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Legitimacy is widely regarded as a founding principle of 'good' and effective governance, yet despite intense academic debate and policy discourse, the concept remains conceptually confusing and poorly articulated in practice. To bridge this gap, this research performed an interpretive thematic analysis of academic scholarship across public administration, public policy, law, political science, and geography. Four core themes were identified in relation to representative deliberation, procedural and distributive equity and justice, and socio-political acceptability, with numerous sub-themes therein. In an attempt to clarify conceptual confusion, this paper grounds these theoretical debates in the context of flood risk governance where numerous legitimacy dilemmas exist. A number of questions are presented as conceptual 'signposts' to encourage reflexive governance in the future. Thus, more broadly, we assert the importance of bringing legitimacy to the forefront of contemporary flood risk governance discourse and practice, moving beyond the realm of academic reflection.

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“…Ideologies and political entrepreneurs play critical roles in institutional change and better environmental management (Garud, Hardy and Maguire, ; Bell, ); and ideas and strategies to promote change can influence institutional trajectories (Adger et al, ; Cashmore and Wejs, ; Unsworth and Fielding, ; Price and Leviston, ). Comparing Mexican municipalities, Wilkinson () shows that the vision, strategies for change and policy decisions of political entrepreneurs explain variations in disaster risk management.…”

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Municipal Governance, Environmental Management and Disaster Risk Reduction in Chile

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2016

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Given the vulnerability of Latin American countries to extreme events of climatic and geophysical origin and the frequency of these events, how do local governments manage environmental and disaster risk reduction? This article contributes to the Latin American literature about environmental management and disaster risk reduction at the local level. Employing a comparative perspective, the article examines and explains the responses of Chilean municipalities and the role of municipal commitments and social capital.

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“…This article contributes to existing research on climate change governance (Bulkeley and Betsill, 2005;Cashmore and Wejs, 2014;Urwin and Jordan, 2008) by examining how regional government in Norway has interpreted its role in coordinating climate change adaptation. Drawing on concepts from research on boundary work, it critically assesses how regional government in Norway have configured boundary arrangements between scientific and policy communities.…”

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The regional level as boundary organization? An analysis of climate change adaptation governance in Norway

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Environmental Science & Policy

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Constructing legitimacy for climate change planning: A study of local government in Denmark

Cited by 126 publications

References 38 publications

Bridging the legitimacy gap—translating theory into practical signposts for legitimate flood risk governance

Bridging the legitimacy gap—translating theory into practical signposts for legitimate flood risk governance

Municipal Governance, Environmental Management and Disaster Risk Reduction in Chile

The regional level as boundary organization? An analysis of climate change adaptation governance in Norway

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