Words, ideas, videos
Yikes. I just ain't ever gonna be this smart. I mean, I can see how it's done, like watching Roger Federer play tennis. You can understand the commentators explaining. But to actually DO it? Yeah, good luck with that. Oh well. Fortunately though, to collect a pay check, I am not going to have to... Continue Reading →
For the last three months I have been teaching myself to juggle. Extremely soothing, when you are "in the flow." I would not have got anywhere without the great "Taylor tries" videos, which, if you want to learn to juggle, you should definitely check out. I've got a bunch of the three ball basics -... Continue Reading →
So, full disclosure, I know the author of this piece, and mostly get on with him (we disagree over the likely effectiveness of Extinction Rebellion, but so what). The piece is good. It "focuses on the UK government’s policies on mitigation. It evaluates the shifts in approach to climate change since 1992, lists the various... Continue Reading →
Another one of non-specific/instrumentalist "use" to my overarching project. I came to this - Stavrakakis, Y. (1997). Green ideology: A discursive reading. Journal of Political Ideologies, 2, 259–279 via the fab paper on BP and hegemonisation I read a little while ago. In it Stavrakakis uses some Lacan (really not my cup of tea) and... Continue Reading →
First of ten blog posts about academic articles I plan to read before 31st October. In the unlikely event I am ever writing the introduction to a special issue of a highly prestigious academic journal, I know where to come for an example to crib. These guys knocked it out of the park Langley, A.,... Continue Reading →
This morning I finished reading - and blogging about - twenty academic articles around the questions on UK climate policy and (industrial) decarbonisation. The asterisk in the title is because one of them turned out to be a short intro to a section in a journal, and described (very ably) the articles therein. But all... Continue Reading →
Another excellent read in what is CLEARLY the best journal, or at least, the one with the most brilliant, charismatic and downright amazing social media editor... Hildingsson, R., Annica Kronsell & Jamil Khan (2019) The green state and industrial decarbonnisation, Environmental Politics, 28:5, 909-928, DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2018.1488484 And the abstract is This is absolutely FULL of the kind... Continue Reading →
Another corker! BP has turned up already in my 20 articles reading (see Nye and Owens 2008)- where it was leading the charge against a climate change levy). And they've been up to their necks in pushing "personal carbon footprints." In this Ferns, G. Kenneth Amaeshi 2019. Fueling Climate (In)Action: How organizations engage in hegemonization... Continue Reading →
Loved this! Gave me useful insights on the nature of EOs (employers' organisations), their history, their struggles, their tussles and enough for me to properly start to think about being able to see the world through their eyes... Gooberman, L., Hauptmeier, M., & Heery, E. (2018). The evolution of employers’ organisations in the United Kingdom: Extending... Continue Reading →
Pivoting back to who tries to speed stuff up/slow it down. This - Crawley, S., Coffé, H. & Chapman, R. To what extent do interest group messages shape the public’s climate change policy preferences?. Br Polit (2020). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-020-00144-6 was interesting and useful, if not my cup of tea. I find a lot of psychological experimental work not very... Continue Reading →
