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How do right-wing populist parties influence climate and renewable energy policies? Evidence from OECD countries
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Lockwood, Ben and Lockwood, Matthew (2022) How do right-wing populist parties influence climate and renewable energy policies? Evidence from OECD countries. Global Environmental Politics, 22 (3). pp. 12-37. doi:10.1162/glep_a_00659 ISSN 1526-3800.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00659
Abstract
There is increasing evidence that right wing populist parties (RWPPs) and their supporters are hostile to climate and low-carbon energy policies. In this paper we provide a quantitative analysis of the effects of RWPP representation in the legislature and executive on climate and renewable energy policy for a number of OECD countries over the period 2007-2018. After controlling for other political, economic and environmental factors, we find evidence for a significant and large negative effect of RWPPs in power on climate policy. Importantly, we also show that these negative effects vary with the proportionality of the electoral system and EU membership. Both of these factors significantly moderate the negative influence of RWPPs. In countries with majoritarian electoral systems, the effects of RWPPs on climate policy work through both indirect legislative and direct executive routes. By contrast with climate policy, there is no overall significant relationship with renewable policy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor J Political Science > JC Political theory Q Science > QC Physics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Climatic changes -- Political aspects, Climatic changes, Right-wing extremists, Populism, Renewable energy sources -- Government policy , Clean energy -- Political aspects | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Global Environmental Politics | ||||||||
| Publisher: | M I T Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1526-3800 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 August 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 22 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 12-37 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1162/glep_a_00659 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the author’s final version, and that the article has been accepted for publication in Global Environmental Politics. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | © 2022 The MIT Press | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 February 2022 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 February 2022 | ||||||||
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