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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aa8f80 |
Public opinion and environmental policy output: a cross-national analysis of energy policies in Europe | |
Anderson, Brile1; Bohmelt, Tobias1,2; Ward, Hugh2 | |
2017-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 12期号:11 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Switzerland; England |
英文摘要 | This article studies how public opinion is associated with the introduction of renewable energy policies in Europe. While research increasingly seeks to model the link between public opinion and environmental policies, the empirical evidence is largely based on a single case: the US. This limits the generalizability of findings and we argue accordingly for a systematic, quantitative study of how public opinion drives environmental policies in another context. Theoretically, we combine arguments behind the political survival of democratic leaders with electoral success and environmental politics. Ultimately, we suggest that office-seeking leaders introduce policies that seem favorable to the domestic audience; if the public prefers environmental protection, the government introduces such policies in turn. The main contribution of this research is the cross-country empirical analysis, where we combine data on the public's environmental attitudes and renewable energy policy outputs in a European context between 1974 and 2015. We show that as public opinion shifts towards prioritizing the environment, there is a significant and positive effect on the rate of renewable energy policy outputs by governments in Europe. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic, quantitative study of public opinion and environmental policies across a large set of countries, and we demonstrate that the mechanisms behind the introduction of renewable energy policies follow major trends across European states. |
英文关键词 | public opinion renewable energy policy outputs quantitative analysis eurobarometer survey |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000424392900002 |
WOS关键词 | RENEWABLE ENERGY ; LIBERAL DEMOCRACY ; CLIMATE POLICY ; COUNTRIES ; REPRESENTATION ; INSTITUTIONS ; TECHNOLOGY ; GOVERNANCE ; STRATEGIES ; DIFFUSION |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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/26037 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.ETH, Haldeneggsteig 4, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland; 2.Univ Essex, Wivenhoe Pk, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Anderson, Brile,Bohmelt, Tobias,Ward, Hugh. Public opinion and environmental policy output: a cross-national analysis of energy policies in Europe[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2017,12(11). |
APA | Anderson, Brile,Bohmelt, Tobias,&Ward, Hugh.(2017).Public opinion and environmental policy output: a cross-national analysis of energy policies in Europe.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,12(11). |
MLA | Anderson, Brile,et al."Public opinion and environmental policy output: a cross-national analysis of energy policies in Europe".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 12.11(2017). |
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