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Backlash to Climate Policy

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Patterson, James J.·2023·Global Environmental Politics

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Hard climate policy (e.g., regulation, taxes/pricing, phaseouts) is needed to meet ambitious climate targets, but when such policy is introduced, it can sometimes trigger backlash. Backlash involves an abrupt and forceful negative reaction by a significant number of actors seeking to reverse a policy, often through extraordinary means that transgress established procedures and norms. Yet, explanations of policy backlash remain nascent and fragmented. I synthesize insights from within and beyond climate politics to argue that contested legitimacy is central to climate policy backlash, which provokes attempts toward delegitimation. I develop a conceptual pathway to explain the occurrence of climate policy backlash and generate hypotheses about how practices of delegitimation occur, and their effects. This contributes to explaining why backlash occurs, highlighting ideational factors alongside interests and institutions. Overall, I suggest the need for a contextually embedded approach to understanding the volatile dynamics of backlash, bringing political sociology into conversation with political economy.

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Authors: Patterson, J. J.
Affiliations: European Research Council (BE)
Corresponding author: Patterson, James J.
ORCID: Patterson, James J.
Venue: Global Environmental Politics
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2023
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Pages: 68-90
ISSN: 1526-3800 (ISSN-L)
1536-0091
DOI: 10.1162/glep_a_00684
OpenAlex: W4307837594
Cited by: 140
References: 65
Citations by year: 2026: 65 · 2025: 52 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 3
FWCI: 15.08
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: Global Environmental Politics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics: Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Keywords: delegitimization, climate politics, policy reversal, climate regulation, political sociology, political economy

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