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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102117
	The quiet opposition: How the pro-economy lobby influences climate policy
	Vesa J.; Gronow A.; Ylä-Anttila T.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	63
英文摘要	The lack of ambitious climate change policies in large anglophone countries, such as the United States, has been explained by the strong media presence of denialist arguments against climate science. Such counterarguments are less visible in the news media of most European countries. Why do many of these countries nevertheless fail to enact ambitious climate change policies? This paper suggests that influential organizations may block ambitious climate change policies in corporatist countries without an extensive media strategy or a strong denialist message. We draw from theories on the policy process, policy networks, influence strategies, and comparative politics to formulate hypotheses about the existence, influence, and strategies of organizations that oppose ambitious climate policy. We test these hypotheses using an original combination of media data and survey data on the national climate policy network in Finland, a corporatist European country that has long lacked ambitious climate policies. The findings show that a coalition that prioritizes economic competitiveness over climate change mitigation is influential and occupies a central position in the policy network. This pro-economy lobby does not question the validity of climate science or actively seek media visibility. Rather, it influences the policy process using other strategies, such as inside lobbying, and appears in the news media less often than other climate policy organizations. Our results suggest that opponents of climate change mitigation can be powerful despite a weak media presence. This implies that studies on climate politics should pay more attention to strategies of influencing beyond the media spotlight. © 2020 The Author(s)
英文关键词	Advocacy strategies; Climate change; Denialism; Interest groups; Media; Policy networks
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; competitiveness; economic conditions; environmental policy; strategic approach; Finland; United States
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/142019
作者单位	University of Helsinki, Finland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Vesa J.,Gronow A.,Ylä-Anttila T.. The quiet opposition: How the pro-economy lobby influences climate policy[J],2020,63.
APA	Vesa J.,Gronow A.,&Ylä-Anttila T..(2020).The quiet opposition: How the pro-economy lobby influences climate policy.Global Environmental Change,63.
MLA	Vesa J.,et al."The quiet opposition: How the pro-economy lobby influences climate policy".Global Environmental Change 63(2020).