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Backlash to Climate Policy

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Patterson, James J.·2023·Global Environmental Politics
DOI 10.1162/glep_a_00684
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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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  1. Bernstein, 2005, Legitimacy in Global Environmental Governance, Journal of International Law and International Relations, 1, 139
  2. Fankhauser, 2018, 10 Years of the UK Climate Change Act

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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
Licence
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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