Climate change and knowledge politics

Grundmann, Reiner

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Climate change and knowledge politics

Grundmann, Reiner·2007·Environmental Politics

DOI 10.1080/09644010701251656

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This paper addresses the paradox that although the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has reached a broad consensus, various governments pursue different, if not opposing policies. This puzzle not only challenges the traditional belief that scientific knowledge is objective and can be more or less directly translated into political action, but also calls for a better understanding of the relation between science and public policy in modern society. Based on the conceptual framework of knowledge politics the use of expert knowledge in public discourse and in political decisions will be analysed. This will be carried out through a country comparison between the United States and Germany. The main finding is that the press in both countries relies on different sources of scientific expertise when reporting on global warming. In a similar way, governments in both countries use these different sources for legitimising their contrasting policies.

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In global environmental politics, the boundaries between science and non-science are increasingly blurred.
“This hybridization becomes particularly obvious in global environmental politics, where the boundaries between science and non-science are increasingly blurred (e.g., Demeritt, 2001; Grundmann, 2007).”
From What Is Driving the Water-Energy-Food Nexus? Discourses, Knowledge, and Politics of an Emerging Resource Governance Concept (2018) · cites this paper as Grundmann, 2007
There are dynamic interactions or intrinsic connections between knowledge production and decision-making.
“Instead, we need to recognize the dynamic interactions or intrinsic connections between knowledge production and decision-making (Grundmann, 2007; Wesselink et al., 2013; Benessia and Funtowicz, 2016).”
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Authors: Grundmann, R.
Affiliations: Aston University (GB)
Corresponding author: Grundmann, Reiner
ORCID: Grundmann, Reiner
Venue: Environmental Politics
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2007-05-14
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Pages: 414-432
ISSN: 0964-4016 (ISSN-L)
1743-8934
DOI: 10.1080/09644010701251656
OpenAlex: W2014675463
Cited by: 255
References: 70
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 33.76
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Environmental Politics (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Keywords: climate change, politics of knowledge, IPCC, science-policy interface, expert knowledge, media coverage of science, climate policy, United States, Germany, policy legitimation

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