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dc.contributor.authorMacCallum, Diana
dc.contributor.authorByrne, J.
dc.contributor.authorSteele, W.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:46:44Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:46:44Z
dc.date.created2015-05-14T20:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationMacCallum, D. and Byrne, J. and Steele, W. 2014. Whither justice? An analysis of climate change responses from South East Queensland, Australia. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 32 (1): pp. 70-92.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40923
dc.identifier.doi10.1068/c11295
dc.description.abstract

Climate change is a highly contested policy issue in Australia, generating fierce debate at every level of governance. In this paper we explore a crucial tension in both the policy and the public debate: a seeming lack of attention to social inclusion and broader equity implications. We pay special attention to the municipal scale, where concerns about social difference and democratic participation are often foregrounded in political discourse, using South East Queensland—a recognised climate change ‘hotspot’—as a case study. Mobilising critical discourse analysis techniques, we interrogate three local government climate change response strategies, and place these in the context of transscalar discourse networks which appear to sustain a technocratic, ‘ecological modernisation’ approach to the issue. Finally, we suggest a broad strategy for reimagining this approach to embed a notion of climate justice in our policy thinking about climate change.

dc.publisherPion
dc.subjectlocal government
dc.subjectclimate justice
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectsocial justice
dc.titleWhither justice? An analysis of climate change responses from South East Queensland, Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume32
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage70
dcterms.source.endPage92
dcterms.source.issn0263-774X
dcterms.source.titleEnvironment and Planning C: Government and Policy
curtin.departmentDepartment of Planning and Geography
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