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  • Reciprocity as deliberative capacity: lessons from a citizen’s deliberation on carbon pricing mechanisms in Australia

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    Lo, Alex
    Alexander, Kim
    Proctor, Wendy
    Ryan, Anthony
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    Lo, Alex
    Year published
    2013
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    Australia has seen a deep division in opinion in search of a carbon pricing mechanism. While concepts of carbon taxation and emission trading have comparable public support, climate scepticism is infl uencing the debates in political and public spheres in downplaying the need for carbon pricing. Public deliberation is a possible engagement option to address the confl ict inherent in climate policy preferences. This research explores the way that a deliberative forum involving twenty-four Australians promoted eff ective communication between participants through which confl ict between policy preferences became more ...
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    Australia has seen a deep division in opinion in search of a carbon pricing mechanism. While concepts of carbon taxation and emission trading have comparable public support, climate scepticism is infl uencing the debates in political and public spheres in downplaying the need for carbon pricing. Public deliberation is a possible engagement option to address the confl ict inherent in climate policy preferences. This research explores the way that a deliberative forum involving twenty-four Australians promoted eff ective communication between participants through which confl ict between policy preferences became more tangible. While the forum did not eliminate disagreement in preferences in the choice of carbon pricing mechanisms, participants reached consensus on fundamental principles such as the need for trusted sources of information, trusted governance procedures, and transparent accountability by appropriate institutions. Shared political expectations encouraged dialogue and cooperation in discussions by enhancing reciprocal understanding. Two sceptical participants who originally had strong opinions diff erent from the rest of the group managed to fi nd common ground. Public deliberative forums that are conducive to reciprocal communication are able to provide a mechanism for joint problem-solving processes that are less adversarial and more responsive to the range of people's preferences.
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    Journal Title
    Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
    Volume
    31
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1068/c11192
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    © 2013 Pion Ltd., London. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Environment Policy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/54291
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