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: Received: 14 May 2024 / Approved: 14 May 2024 / Online: 17 May 2024 (06:39:48 CEST)
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von Malmborg, F. From Role Model to International Scapegoat: Analysing the Paradigm Shift in Swedish Climate Policy and Governance. Preprints2024, 2024050991. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0991.v1
von Malmborg, F. From Role Model to International Scapegoat: Analysing the Paradigm Shift in Swedish Climate Policy and Governance. Preprints 2024, 2024050991. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0991.v1
von Malmborg, F. From Role Model to International Scapegoat: Analysing the Paradigm Shift in Swedish Climate Policy and Governance. Preprints2024, 2024050991. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0991.v1
APA Style
von Malmborg, F. (2024). From Role Model to International Scapegoat: Analysing the Paradigm Shift in Swedish Climate Policy and Governance. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0991.v1
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von Malmborg, F. 2024 "From Role Model to International Scapegoat: Analysing the Paradigm Shift in Swedish Climate Policy and Governance" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0991.v1
Abstract
Sweden has long been hailed as a role model in climate policy. But the new right-wing government supported by a far-right populist party is undertaking a paradigm shift in Swedish climate policy and governance. This paper critically analyses this paradigm shift from perspectives of legitimacy, accountability and justice. These are democratic norms important in the analysis of a just transition to climate neutrality. Severe democratic deficits of the policy process and the policies proposed and adopted are identified. The deficits are explained by the neo-corporatist political system of Sweden, the dominance of the (neo)liberal discourse of ecological modernization in Swedish environmental policy, and an ongoing process of autocratization driven by anti-democratic far-right populist parties throughout Europe. The paper ends by suggesting how climate policy and governance can be democratized and re-politicized, that also give room for climate justice advocates to take part in policy processes.
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