Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.02.007 |
Interface bureaucrats and the everyday remaking of climate interventions: Evidence from climate change adaptation in Zambia | |
Funder, Mikkel1; Mweemba, Carol Emma2 | |
2019-03-01 | |
发表期刊 | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS |
ISSN | 0959-3780 |
EISSN | 1872-9495 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 55页码:130-138 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Denmark; Zambia |
英文摘要 | When climate change policies are implemented in practice, they travel through the hands of a range of practitioners who not only mediate but also potentially transform climate interventions. This article highlights the role of a group of actors whose practices have so far received little attention in the study of climate change governance, namely the public servants who are responsible for the everyday implementation of national climate change policies and associated programmes on the ground. Situated at the frontline of the state and often engaging directly with citizens, these "interface bureaucrats" occupy a complex position in which they must balance their role as representatives of the state with the need to accommodate the pressures, interests and practical challenges associated with everyday policy implementation. In this article we examine how interface bureaucrats in Zambia seek to navigate this role as they go about implementing national climate change adaptation policies in practice, and what this means for the nature and outcome of these interventions. We identify key dilemmas of the interface bureaucrats in our study areas, namely (i) intervening with limited reach, (ii) implementing generic policies, and (iii) managing conflicting interests. We show how they address these dilemmas through highly pragmatic practices involving informal agreements with community members, discretionary adjustments of official policies, and negotiation of contested interventions. As a result, the nature and outcomes of climate change adaptation interventions end up differently from the official policies and the underlying governance interests of the central state. Our findings suggest a need for greater attention to the role of interface bureaucrats as everyday climate policy makers and point to the significance of pragmatism and compromise in the interaction between state actors and citizens in environmental interventions. |
英文关键词 | Climate change adaptation Governance Policy implementation Everyday practices Pragmatism Interface bureaucrats Street level bureaucracy Zambia |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000463982000012 |
WOS关键词 | STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRATS ; POLITICS ; POLICY ; STATE ; AUTHORITY ; ARENA |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Geography |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geography |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/181533 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Danish Inst Int Studies, Oestbanegade 117, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; 2.Univ Zambia, Integrated Water Resources Management Ctr, Great East Rd, Lusaka, Zambia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Funder, Mikkel,Mweemba, Carol Emma. Interface bureaucrats and the everyday remaking of climate interventions: Evidence from climate change adaptation in Zambia[J]. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS,2019,55:130-138. |
APA | Funder, Mikkel,&Mweemba, Carol Emma.(2019).Interface bureaucrats and the everyday remaking of climate interventions: Evidence from climate change adaptation in Zambia.GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS,55,130-138. |
MLA | Funder, Mikkel,et al."Interface bureaucrats and the everyday remaking of climate interventions: Evidence from climate change adaptation in Zambia".GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS 55(2019):130-138. |
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