Risk Society and Anti-Politics in the Fracking Debate

Drake, Frances

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“…A leaked letter in 2014 from the former Chancellor asked ministers to ensure that regulators “have the necessary skills and resources in place to publicly defend the robustness and safety of the regulatory regime” (Osborne quoted in Carrington, 2015). However, this appeal to the authority of experts failed to depoliticise contestations over fracking between local communities, environmental groups, local and central governments, and the industry 4 (Drake, 2018; Williams et al, 2017). In response to the failure of post‐political approaches, more authoritarian modus operandi were invoked in the second and third phases.…”

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From post‐political to authoritarian planning in England, a crisis of legitimacy

Fearn

Davoudi

2021

Trans Inst British Geog

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This paper argues that the crisis of post-politics has sparked an authoritarian turn in spatial planning in England. That, the proposed reform of the English planning system in 2020 is a defining moment, marking not only the failure of consensus-seeking politics in governing dissents, but also the rising authoritarian responses to fix it. This is manifest in the intensification of state control, strengthening of executive power and decline of democratic institutions, with a shift of emphasis from techno-managerial to Accepted ArticleThis article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved executive-punitive practices, and from seemingly consensual to openly antagonistic approaches. This drift to authoritarianism has been justified by invoking a 'state of exception' whereby the established rules and procedures are displaced by the appeal to 'exceptional' circumstances such as, emergencies, national securities, and global pandemics. We draw on a case study of shale gas 'fracking' in England to show how authoritarianism has crept into planning processes through, changes in legislation, reconfiguration of rules, rescaling of decision making, and shrinking of democratic spaces. We discuss the role of a 'political moment' in the politicization of fracking, arguing that the return of the political has engendered antagonistic and exclusionary practices, rather than the agonistic pluralism that planning scholars have called for. In managing planning conflicts, consent, compromise and cooption are increasingly complemented or replaced by discipline, control and explicit exclusion. Instead of denying, neutralizing or suppressing antagonism by calling for consensus, authoritarian politics exaggerates it by establishing frontiers between legitimate and non-legitimate voices of dissents. The paper concludes by emphasizing that the authoritarian turn can only offer a contingent and fleeting solution to the failure of post-political planning to deliver neoliberal pro-growth goals. It cannot eradicate the crisis of legitimacy in planning; nor can it foreclose the political struggle for fixing its meaning and purpose.Acknowledgments: This paper is based on a Doctoral research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (Grant number: ES/P000762/1). We wish to thank, the ESRC for their support, Professor Anthony Zito for his contribution to the discussions on the issues covered in this paper, Professor Matt Sparke (the editor) and four anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.

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Section: Planning and The Politics Of “Fracking” In Englandmentioning

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From post‐political to authoritarian planning in England, a crisis of legitimacy

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Davoudi

2021

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“…Although fracking has existed for decades, new technologies of fracking are associated with additional risks for which the industry is still developing mitigation techniques. Oil and gas operations by their nature involve environmental risks, which are normally well managed, but new fracking operations, with intensive use of water resources, are causing much debate (Drake, 2018). The challenges are an amalgamation of dynamics where nature can initiate technological disasters and technology can intensify natural instabilities.…”

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Emerging developments in organizational risk

Engemann

2019

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Purpose Unforeseen crises can result in significant losses for unprepared organizations. A paradigm for risk management discloses that threats can lead to crisis events which can have immense negative consequences. Analyzing risks and making appropriate decisions regarding them is very challenging but crucial. Emerging developments in organizational risk reveal similar characteristics among evolving threats. Effective risk management requires insightful leadership and is essential for an organization to achieve security. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach The authors explore some emerging developments in organizational risk, by highlighting evolving concerns and identifying their common characteristics. The authors then discuss key resources and recommend approaches in managing organizational risk. Findings Evolving concerns in organizational risk include: infrastructure risk, enterprise risk, information security risk, supply chain risk and new technologies risk. The most troubling threats to an organization tend to have some risk characteristics in common. These attributes are useful in identifying further threats. Originality/value Managing risk is an enormous challenge that all organizations encounter. Understanding the common characteristics of evolving risks that are currently under scrutiny can provide insight into identifying further threats to organizations. With these common characteristics understood, the primary resources of solid leadership, risk analytics and professional business continuity management can aid in the recognition of additional obscured but growing risks and be beneficial in providing security for an organization.

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The Serious Accidents Punishment Act of South Korea and Its Impact on the Shipping Industry: Toward Sustainability

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The Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA) of South Korea mandates that chief executives secure operational safety and health to prevent industrial and civil disasters. The SAPA imposes civil and criminal responsibilities on chief executive officers, including business owners, for fatal accidents due to safety and health measures violations. We examine the SAPA’s challenges to the shipping industry and the measures taken by ship owners and ship management companies to address them. In the modern shipping industry, ships and crew often have different nationalities; hence, it may be difficult to determine which law applies or where liability lies. Business activities are mostly overseas. Ship management is performed by third parties, and the introduction of autonomous systems is leading to crew reductions and other changes; these factors create uncertainty about the SAPA’s applicability. Therefore, legal requirements and measures must be established to ensure that South Korean shipping companies do not take on excessive responsibilities internationally while still protecting workers and others. This study suggests measures to ensure safety and stability in the South Korean shipping industry following the SAPA through a horizontal comparative analysis with the UK’s Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which served as a model for the SAPA.

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Risk Society and Anti-Politics in the Fracking Debate

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From post‐political to authoritarian planning in England, a crisis of legitimacy

From post‐political to authoritarian planning in England, a crisis of legitimacy

Emerging developments in organizational risk

The Serious Accidents Punishment Act of South Korea and Its Impact on the Shipping Industry: Toward Sustainability

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