Eckersley, Peter Mark orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-8529 (2017) Cities and climate change: : How historical legacies shape policy-making in English and German municipalities. Politics. pp. 151-166. ISSN 1467-9256
Abstract
This article draws on secondary historical sources and primary interviews to highlight how the legacy of the creation of local governments in England and Germany has significant implications for policy-making in the present day. By employing an institutionalist perspective to analyse how one municipality in each country tries to promote renewable energy and retrofit private housing, it demonstrates how historical factors have resulted in the German Council having more capacity to act hierarchically in local governance arrangements than its English counterpart. These findings have notable implications for how governments at all levels seek to tackle major challenges such as climate change.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2016. |
Keywords: | climate change, Historical institutionalism, path dependency, biotechnology policy, local government, multi-level governance, organisational capacity |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Environment and Geography (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2017 16:17 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2023 11:40 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395716670412 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395716670412 |
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