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Maor, Moshe, Tosun, Jale and Jordan, Andrew 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024
(2017)
Proportionate and disproportionate policy responses to climate change: core concepts and empirical applications.
Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 19 (6).
pp. 599-611.
ISSN 1523-908X
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Abstract
A fresh perspective on policy-making and planning has emerged which views disproportionate policy as an intentional policy response. A disproportionate policy response is understood to be a lack of‘fit’or balance between the costs of a public policy and the benefits that are derived from this policy, and between policy ends and means. This paper applies this new perspective on the proportionality of policy-making to the area of climate change. The first part of the paper discusses the underlying causes of disproportionate policy responses in broad terms and then applies the theoretical reasoning to understand the conditions in which they are likely to appear in relation to climate change. These conditions are hypothesized to relate to four main factors: economic considerations; levels of public demand; focusing events; and strategic considerations. It concludes with the suggestion that societal actors may be able to manipulate these four factors to encourage politicians to adopt policies that mitigate climate change more rapidly than is currently the case in most countries.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | climate change,disproportionality,policy responses,over-reactions,under-reactions,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2017 02:18 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2023 12:51 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62268 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1523908X.2017.1281730 |
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