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dc.contributor.convenorGeoffrey Hawker
dc.contributor.authorHowes, Michael
dc.contributor.editorGeoffrey Hawker
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:18:15Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:18:15Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-09-02T06:50:52Z
dc.identifier.refurihttp://www.pol.mq.edu.au/apsa/refereed_papers.html
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/29330
dc.description.abstractClimate change has been cast in many different roles - from a global swindle to a comprehensive market failure. It has even been suggested that this is the great moral challenge of our time. The school of ecological modernisation (EM) reconstructs the issue as a challenge that has been generated by inefficiency. It proposes better technological and institutional design as the core of an effective response. The focus of this paper is on mitigation strategies at the national level, with particular attention paid to carbon trading (also known as greenhouse gas emissions trading systems). The history that led to the Rudd Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the resistance to this policy is discussed. This paper outlines five program themes of strong EM: technological innovation; engaging with economic imperatives; political and institutional change; transforming the role of social movements; and, discursive change. These themes are then used to analyse the development of climate policy in Australia. Overall it is argued that reconstructing the issue using strong EM is a strategy that can overcome the current resistance to carbon trading by selling the change as a win for both business and the environment. Further, it offers the opportunity to identify significant policy improvements.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMacquarie University
dc.publisher.placeSydney
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.pol.mq.edu.au/apsa/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameAustralian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2009
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitlePolitics and International Relations
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2009-09-27
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2009-09-30
dc.relation.ispartoflocationMacquarie University
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental Politics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160605
dc.titleA Climate of Change: Ecological modernisation and the politics of carbon trading in Australia
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2009. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the author.
gro.date.issued2009
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gro.griffith.authorHowes, Michael J.


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