So, here's another - am now halfway through my reading goal, with 10 days left to read 5 more papers... Max Åhman, Lars J. Nilsson & Bengt Johansson (2017) Global climate policy and deep decarbonization of energy-intensive industries, Climate Policy, 17:5, 634-649, As they say "The aim of this study is to analyse how the global climate... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
So, honest guv, I didn't know that this below was the intro to a special issue... Craig, M.P.A. (2018) Greening the state for a sustainable political economy. New Political Economy. ISSN 1356-3467 https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2018.1526266 which kinda sorta means it doesn't count to my 20... Abstract- It's introducing 4 articles Re-thinking the Fiscal and Monetary Political Economy of... Continue Reading →
More excellent stuff, helping me situate the 2010-2015 period, some of which I wasn't here for, some of which I wasn't paying close attention to the national level for, some of which I was paying attention, but not close enough... Good academic work will help you do that - put the various fragments and piece... Continue Reading →
Having diverted (pivotted?) towards industrial policy and business model innovation, it's back to the theme of some of the earlier reading now - UK climate policy, but bringing in the business power side of things, and the mechanics of that power... And OMFG this below is EXCELLENT... Bailey, I. and Rupp, S., 2006. The evolving... Continue Reading →
This is a good one for basic background of the Big Six. More on market strategy and tech strategy than political/policy, but that's fine! Kattirtzi, M., Ketsopoulou, I., and Watson, J., 2020. Incumbents in transition? The role of the ‘Big Six’ energy companies in the UK. Energy Policy, 148A, 111927. There's a good orientating intro to... Continue Reading →
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