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Ideas, coalitions and compromise : reinterpreting EU-ETS lobbying through discursive institutionalism
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Fitch-Roy, Oscar, Fairbrass, Jenny and Benson, David (2020) Ideas, coalitions and compromise : reinterpreting EU-ETS lobbying through discursive institutionalism. Journal of European Public Policy, 27 (1). 82-101 . doi:10.1080/13501763.2019.1567573 ISSN 1350-1763.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2019.1567573
Abstract
Collective political action among divergent interest groups is not always easy. It requires coordination, compromise and, often, the persuasive action of a policy entrepreneur. Coalition strategies are often shaped by participants’ skill in mobilising ideas. Business-environmental coalitions – often considered ‘strange bedfellows’ – have proved to be important in emissions trading policy-making. In 2013, chronically low emissions prices meant that the EU’s climate policy flagship, the EU-ETS, was holed beneath the waterline. But, within two years and against the odds, ambitious reforms were agreed to steady the ship. Crucial to the rescue were the actions of a pro-ETS business lobby, orchestrated by environmentalists. We draw on thirty-two in-depth interviews to construct a discursive institutionalist account of collective interest representation in relation to the reforms. We highlight the ability of policy entrepreneurs to fashion a ‘change-but-no-change’ pro-reform narrative attractive to businesses, despite the fact that such discursive strategies risked marginalising alternative and more disruptive ideas.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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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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Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of European Public Policy | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1350-1763 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 27 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | 82-101 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13501763.2019.1567573 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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