Research on environmental behaviour is often overlooked in literature on regime destabilization in energy transitions.This study addresses that gap by focusing on socio-political and demographic factors shaping suppor...Research on environmental behaviour is often overlooked in literature on regime destabilization in energy transitions.This study addresses that gap by focusing on socio-political and demographic factors shaping support for carbon regime destabilization policies in one of the most carbon-intensive regions of Europe.Carbon-intensive industries,especially coal mining and coal-based power generation,are often concentrated in a few carbon-intensive regions.Therefore,decarbonization actions will affect those regions particularly strongly.Correspondingly,carbon-intensive regions often exert significant political influence on the two climate mitigation policies at the national level.Focusing on Poland,we investigate socio-political and demographic factors that correlate with the approval or rejection of the two climate mitigation policies:increasing taxes on fossil fuels such as oil,gas,and coal and using public money to subsidize renewable energy such as wind and solar power in Poland and its carbon-intensive Silesia region.Using logistic regression with individual-level data derived from the 2016 European Social Survey(ESS)and the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey(CHES),we find partypolitical ideology to be an important predictor at the national level but much less so at the regional level.Specifically,voting for right-wing party is not a divisive factor for individual support of the two climate mitigation policies either nationally or regionally.More interestingly,populism is a strong factor in support of increasing taxes on fossil fuel in the carbon-intensive Silesia region but is less important concerning in support of using public money to subsidize renewable energy in Poland overall.These results show the heterogeneity of right-wing party and populism within the support for the two climate mitigation policies.Socio-demographic factors,especially age,gender,education level,employment status,and employment sector,have even more complex and heterogeneous components in support of the two climate mitigation policies at the national and regional levels.Identifying the complex socio-political and demographic factors of climate mitigation policies across different national versus carbon-intensive regional contexts is an essential step for generating in situ decarbonization strategies.展开更多
One of the most influential European far-right political parties,the French National Front(FN),~1 changed its name to Rassemblement National in June 2018. In fact, this was an important component of the transitional p...One of the most influential European far-right political parties,the French National Front(FN),~1 changed its name to Rassemblement National in June 2018. In fact, this was an important component of the transitional policies of the FN after the ascension of Marine Le Pen to the presidency of the party in 2011. Facing a sluggish recovery after the European Sovereign Debt Crisis, in addition to other complicated domestic problems, Marine Le Pen proposed a series of policies and tactics including anti-integration, anti-Islamism, de-demonization and networked practice. The National Front sprang to prominence during the 2017 French presidential election, and had a negative impact on the French and European political ecology. Although there is little likelihood that the National Front will advance any further in the immediate future, in the long run the increasing influence of the European populist parties seems to be irrefutable.展开更多
This year's European Parliament election faced much higher political risks,as the European Union(EU)is in the midst of both internal and external difficulties.From May 23 to 26,the 28 EU member countries voted in ...This year's European Parliament election faced much higher political risks,as the European Union(EU)is in the midst of both internal and external difficulties.From May 23 to 26,the 28 EU member countries voted in what was viewed as a duel between main-stream political parties and populist parties,with the latter making some advances,but not as much as predicted.展开更多
基金funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No:884539“Carbon Intensive Regions in Transition-Unravelling the Challenges of Structural Change(CINTRAN)”。
文摘Research on environmental behaviour is often overlooked in literature on regime destabilization in energy transitions.This study addresses that gap by focusing on socio-political and demographic factors shaping support for carbon regime destabilization policies in one of the most carbon-intensive regions of Europe.Carbon-intensive industries,especially coal mining and coal-based power generation,are often concentrated in a few carbon-intensive regions.Therefore,decarbonization actions will affect those regions particularly strongly.Correspondingly,carbon-intensive regions often exert significant political influence on the two climate mitigation policies at the national level.Focusing on Poland,we investigate socio-political and demographic factors that correlate with the approval or rejection of the two climate mitigation policies:increasing taxes on fossil fuels such as oil,gas,and coal and using public money to subsidize renewable energy such as wind and solar power in Poland and its carbon-intensive Silesia region.Using logistic regression with individual-level data derived from the 2016 European Social Survey(ESS)and the 2014 Chapel Hill Expert Survey(CHES),we find partypolitical ideology to be an important predictor at the national level but much less so at the regional level.Specifically,voting for right-wing party is not a divisive factor for individual support of the two climate mitigation policies either nationally or regionally.More interestingly,populism is a strong factor in support of increasing taxes on fossil fuel in the carbon-intensive Silesia region but is less important concerning in support of using public money to subsidize renewable energy in Poland overall.These results show the heterogeneity of right-wing party and populism within the support for the two climate mitigation policies.Socio-demographic factors,especially age,gender,education level,employment status,and employment sector,have even more complex and heterogeneous components in support of the two climate mitigation policies at the national and regional levels.Identifying the complex socio-political and demographic factors of climate mitigation policies across different national versus carbon-intensive regional contexts is an essential step for generating in situ decarbonization strategies.
基金supported by the BFSU First-Class Discipline Construction Project
文摘One of the most influential European far-right political parties,the French National Front(FN),~1 changed its name to Rassemblement National in June 2018. In fact, this was an important component of the transitional policies of the FN after the ascension of Marine Le Pen to the presidency of the party in 2011. Facing a sluggish recovery after the European Sovereign Debt Crisis, in addition to other complicated domestic problems, Marine Le Pen proposed a series of policies and tactics including anti-integration, anti-Islamism, de-demonization and networked practice. The National Front sprang to prominence during the 2017 French presidential election, and had a negative impact on the French and European political ecology. Although there is little likelihood that the National Front will advance any further in the immediate future, in the long run the increasing influence of the European populist parties seems to be irrefutable.
文摘This year's European Parliament election faced much higher political risks,as the European Union(EU)is in the midst of both internal and external difficulties.From May 23 to 26,the 28 EU member countries voted in what was viewed as a duel between main-stream political parties and populist parties,with the latter making some advances,but not as much as predicted.
