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Fitch-Roy, Oscar, Benson, David and Monciardini, David (2020) Going around in circles? Conceptual recycling, patching and policy layering in the EU circular economy package. Environmental Politics, 29 (6). pp. 983-1003. doi:10.1080/09644016.2019.1673996 ISSN 0964-4016.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2019.1673996
Abstract
The circular economy (CE) concept is informing the governance of resource use and waste management on a global scale, leading to widespread policy instrument innovation. However, the recent appearance of CE ‘policy portfolios’ raises questions about whether such policies are genuinely path-breaking or are merely adjustments to existing arrangements. Tracing the emergence of the European Union’s Circular Economy Package shows that, while some measures are genuinely novel, many others are ‘patched’ onto pre-existing instruments and that the overall portfolio exhibits a high degree of institutional ‘layering’. Given the evidence of relative ineffectiveness of past incremental environmental interventions, there is a mismatch between such approaches and the scale, pace, and scope of transformation implied by contemporary articulations of the circular economy concept. Creating the policy conditions for sustainable production and consumption may require more radical policy formulations than CE proponents acknowledge.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sustainable development -- European Union countries, Corporate governance -- European Union countries, Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- European Union countries | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Environmental Politics | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0964-4016 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 29 | ||||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 983-1003 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09644016.2019.1673996 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 December 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 December 2019 | ||||||||
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