So, read Weart in bed and Bell/Schmidt as I walked around the park with the 50lb backpack Weart, S. 2011. Global warming: How skepticism became denial. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol.67(1), pp.41-50. Bell, S. 2012. Where are the Institutions? The Limits of Vivien Schmidt’s Constructivism. British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 42, pp.714-719. Schmidt,... Continue Reading →
#AWalkinthepark – discursive institutionalism challenged, defended.
So, two I read walking in the park, and one I re-read at the computer. Bell, S. 2011. Do We Really Need a New ‘Constructivist Institutionalism’ to Explain Institutional Change? British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 41, (4), pp.883 – 906. Schmidt, V. 2012. A curious constructivism: A response to Professor Bell. British Journal of... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – Ideas, Institutions (the Carbon Trust) and discursive institutionalism up the wazoo.
So, five laps but only one and a half articles. What’s going on? Did I get distracted by squirrels? Nope, it’s just that both of these (especially the latter) are dense with ideas and terminology that I am not yet familiar enough with, but need to be. I rarely skim, but on these I did... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark: Policy wonkery, discursive institutionalism, ideational power and climate denial
Gah. My bag got stolen yesterday, because I trusted the staff at the AgeUK shop in Withington to, you know, do their jobs. Sign above change room said don’t take bags in, so I gave my bag to the staff for ‘safe keeping’. And it was gone when I came out (along with the bike... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark Climate denial, Iron and Rye and Stackelberg leaders
So, I read some stuff while NOT walking around the park (#radical). And then more while I did. Dunlap, R. and McCright A. 2011: A graphic “Key components of Climate Change Denial Machine” from Organized Climate-Change Denial. IN Dryzek, J, Norgaard, R. and Schlosberg, D. (eds) Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. New York:... Continue Reading →
#AWalkinthepark – energy, decarbonisation, money and failure
Another five laps, another four articles Lyster, R. and Bradbrook. 2006. Chapter 1: Overview of energyproduction adn use in Australia. In Energy Law and the Environment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1-9. Warren, D., Christoff, P. and Green. D. 2016. Australia’s sustainable energy transition: The disjointed politics of decarbonisation. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transition, (in... Continue Reading →
#Awalkinthepark – Coal, climate, counter-movements
Almost every morning I lug a heavy (25kg/55lb-ish) backpack and my sorry ass around a local park. There are squirrels, dogs, dog-walkers (but no doggers) and also things to read. Yep, I read as I go. What I haven't been doing is systematically writing about what I read. No more! Today I begin this, and... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Hail “Hail Caesar”!!! Up there with LA Confidential, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Chinatown
Films about the film industry, eh? So arch, so damn knowing. You know the ones I mean. The Coen Brothers dance very very close, but as the numerous choreographed choreography scenes in this show - if you know EXACTLY what you are doing, and you hire the bets talent available, and you're lucky, you might... Continue Reading →
No more free Clean Coal reports?! Thnx for nothing, David Cameron!!
As a resident of the UK, which was paying its dues to the International Energy Agency Clean Coal Centre, I was able to download its latest reports for free. No more, thanks to the UK government cancelling its subs (something to do with not burning coal any more, at least, soonish). And given George Osborne... Continue Reading →
TV Smith – “Buried by the Machine”
I described TV Smith as "Chomsky with a Guitar" the other day. That was before I'd listened properly to the two albums I bought at his gig. Having now done so, my opinion.... has not shifted one little bit. Is there a way forward You’ve the will Technology and the skill They tell you to... Continue Reading →
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