Philip Catney
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Catney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Catney |
| SIGNATURE | CATNEY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Keele University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4626-9657 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Institutional coherence, capacity and multi-stakeholder alignment shape the effectiveness of air-quality management instruments
Air Quality Management Plans (AQMPs) are strategic policy tools used to assess air quality, set objectives, and guide interventions at national, regional, and local levels. Despite their widespread adoption globally, air quality continues to deteriorate in many regions, raising concerns about their effectiveness in achieving intended outcomes. South Africa, with both an advanced air quality management framework and persistent pollution challenges…
What hampers ‘political’ action in environmental alternative action organizations? Exploring the scope for strategic agency under post-political conditions
The proliferation of environmental alternative action organization (EAAOs) is a defining feature of present-day environmentalism. The literature on sustainable materialism has celebrated this as an appropriate, effective, and above all, political strategy. By contrast, drawing on post-political and post-ecologist critiques, some have argued that this shift signifies the de-politicisation of environmentalism because it leaves the status quo unchal…
Public entrepreneurship and the politics of regeneration in multi-level governance
The paper uses a case study of urban regeneration policy in Sheffield, UK, to explore local public entrepreneurship in a system of multi-level governance. Recent analyses of public entrepreneurs have directed attention to the macro-political structural and institutional conditions that enable and constrain these actors, and to their individual characteristics and attributes. The stress has been on the national level and on individual action at th…
Big society, little justice? Community renewable energy and the politics of localism
This paper challenges “Big Society (BS) Localism”, seeing it as an example of impoverished localist thinking which neglects social justice considerations. We do this through a critical examination of recent turns in the localist discourse in the UK which emphasise self-reliant communities and envisage a diminished role for the state. We establish a heuristic distinction between positive and negative approaches to localism. We argue that the Coali…
Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South
Across the world states are seeking out new and secure supplies of energy but this search is manifesting itself most visibly in Asia where rapid industrialisation in states such as China and India is fomenting a frantic scramble for energy resources. Due to entrenched societal inequities and widespread authoritarian governance, however, the pursuit of national energy security through transnational energy projects has resulted in devastating impac…
The welfare of now and the green (post) politics of the future
This paper examines how key differences in the very manner in which the environment/welfare nexus is experienced and understood in both the global North and the global South are managed in favour of the former over the latter. We show how in the case of the global North — the more affluent world, such as Britain — environmental issues have been usually construed as post-materialist and/or post-industrialist. We argue that predominantly Northern-b…
Managing Multidisciplinarity: Lessons from Subr:IM
The complex nature of societal problems has fuelled arguments that such issues can only be addressed by holistic responses which are informed by high-quality policy, practice and techno-scientific research. As a result, research councils are encouraging the development of interdisciplinary research consortia through which the strengths of various scientific and social scientific disciplines can be harnessed to produce coherent, well-informed and …
New Labour and Joined-up Urban Governance
This article examines New Labour's approach to joined-up government within UK urban policy. In particular, it analyses the government's success in achieving greater degrees of integration in urban governance. It suggests that the growth in the number of multi-sectoral partnership schemes and area-based urban policies under Labour produced tensions with key elements of its joined-up government agenda. The article examines the rationale underpinnin…
Embryonic Associationalism: New Labour and Urban Governance
This article considers the role of ideas in New Labour’s approach to the governance of urban regeneration and characterizes this approach as ‘embryonic associationalism’. This approach contrasts with the economic rationalism of previous Conservative governments and leads to a more determined effort to empower local community groups within the policy process. We analyse the effects of this shift in approach in practice through a comparative case s…
Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union
Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union." West European Politics, 31(5), pp. 1092–1093
Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration: Liveable Places from Problem Spaces
New Labour and Associative Democracy: Old Debates in New Times
What hampers ‘political’ action in environmental alternative action organizations? Exploring the scope for strategic agency under post-political conditions
The proliferation of environmental alternative action organization (EAAOs) is a defining feature of present-day environmentalism. The literature on sustainable materialism has celebrated this as an appropriate, effective, and above all, political strategy. By contrast, drawing on post-political and post-ecologist critiques, some have argued that this shift signifies the de-politicisation of environmentalism because it leaves the status quo unchal…
The welfare of now and the green (post) politics of the future
This paper examines how key differences in the very manner in which the environment/welfare nexus is experienced and understood in both the global North and the global South are managed in favour of the former over the latter. We show how in the case of the global North — the more affluent world, such as Britain — environmental issues have been usually construed as post-materialist and/or post-industrialist. We argue that predominantly Northern-b…
Embryonic Associationalism: New Labour and Urban Governance
This article considers the role of ideas in New Labour’s approach to the governance of urban regeneration and characterizes this approach as ‘embryonic associationalism’. This approach contrasts with the economic rationalism of previous Conservative governments and leads to a more determined effort to empower local community groups within the policy process. We analyse the effects of this shift in approach in practice through a comparative case s…
Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South
Across the world states are seeking out new and secure supplies of energy but this search is manifesting itself most visibly in Asia where rapid industrialisation in states such as China and India is fomenting a frantic scramble for energy resources. Due to entrenched societal inequities and widespread authoritarian governance, however, the pursuit of national energy security through transnational energy projects has resulted in devastating impac…
Managing Multidisciplinarity: Lessons from Subr:IM
The complex nature of societal problems has fuelled arguments that such issues can only be addressed by holistic responses which are informed by high-quality policy, practice and techno-scientific research. As a result, research councils are encouraging the development of interdisciplinary research consortia through which the strengths of various scientific and social scientific disciplines can be harnessed to produce coherent, well-informed and …
New Labour and Associative Democracy: Old Debates in New Times
Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration: Liveable Places from Problem Spaces
New Labour and Associative Democracy: Old Debates in New Times
Embryonic Associationalism: New Labour and Urban Governance
This article considers the role of ideas in New Labour’s approach to the governance of urban regeneration and characterizes this approach as ‘embryonic associationalism’. This approach contrasts with the economic rationalism of previous Conservative governments and leads to a more determined effort to empower local community groups within the policy process. We analyse the effects of this shift in approach in practice through a comparative case s…
Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union
Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union." West European Politics, 31(5), pp. 1092–1093
Managing Multidisciplinarity: Lessons from Subr:IM
The complex nature of societal problems has fuelled arguments that such issues can only be addressed by holistic responses which are informed by high-quality policy, practice and techno-scientific research. As a result, research councils are encouraging the development of interdisciplinary research consortia through which the strengths of various scientific and social scientific disciplines can be harnessed to produce coherent, well-informed and …
New Labour and Joined-up Urban Governance
This article examines New Labour's approach to joined-up government within UK urban policy. In particular, it analyses the government's success in achieving greater degrees of integration in urban governance. It suggests that the growth in the number of multi-sectoral partnership schemes and area-based urban policies under Labour produced tensions with key elements of its joined-up government agenda. The article examines the rationale underpinnin…
The welfare of now and the green (post) politics of the future
This paper examines how key differences in the very manner in which the environment/welfare nexus is experienced and understood in both the global North and the global South are managed in favour of the former over the latter. We show how in the case of the global North — the more affluent world, such as Britain — environmental issues have been usually construed as post-materialist and/or post-industrialist. We argue that predominantly Northern-b…
Big society, little justice? Community renewable energy and the politics of localism
This paper challenges “Big Society (BS) Localism”, seeing it as an example of impoverished localist thinking which neglects social justice considerations. We do this through a critical examination of recent turns in the localist discourse in the UK which emphasise self-reliant communities and envisage a diminished role for the state. We establish a heuristic distinction between positive and negative approaches to localism. We argue that the Coali…
Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South
Across the world states are seeking out new and secure supplies of energy but this search is manifesting itself most visibly in Asia where rapid industrialisation in states such as China and India is fomenting a frantic scramble for energy resources. Due to entrenched societal inequities and widespread authoritarian governance, however, the pursuit of national energy security through transnational energy projects has resulted in devastating impac…
Public entrepreneurship and the politics of regeneration in multi-level governance
The paper uses a case study of urban regeneration policy in Sheffield, UK, to explore local public entrepreneurship in a system of multi-level governance. Recent analyses of public entrepreneurs have directed attention to the macro-political structural and institutional conditions that enable and constrain these actors, and to their individual characteristics and attributes. The stress has been on the national level and on individual action at th…
What hampers ‘political’ action in environmental alternative action organizations? Exploring the scope for strategic agency under post-political conditions
The proliferation of environmental alternative action organization (EAAOs) is a defining feature of present-day environmentalism. The literature on sustainable materialism has celebrated this as an appropriate, effective, and above all, political strategy. By contrast, drawing on post-political and post-ecologist critiques, some have argued that this shift signifies the de-politicisation of environmentalism because it leaves the status quo unchal…
Institutional coherence, capacity and multi-stakeholder alignment shape the effectiveness of air-quality management instruments
Air Quality Management Plans (AQMPs) are strategic policy tools used to assess air quality, set objectives, and guide interventions at national, regional, and local levels. Despite their widespread adoption globally, air quality continues to deteriorate in many regions, raising concerns about their effectiveness in achieving intended outcomes. South Africa, with both an advanced air quality management framework and persistent pollution challenges…
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