Negotiating just transitions

Power and Interest Dynamics in Insurgent Sustainability Coalitions

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4328720
AutoresVictor Price (0000-0002-4306-0578, Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, autor correspondente), Todd E Vachon (0000-0003-1073-1184, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), D Stevis (0000-0002-8131-4807, Colorado State University), J Mijin Cha (0000-0001-8834-6767, University of California)
Ano2025
Volume34
Fascículo6
Páginas959-978
Data de publicação2025-09-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironmental Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644016.2024.2419801
OpenAlexW4404109778
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas27

Politics and power are increasingly central to the study of sustainability transitions, including just transitions. One line of research differentiates between incumbent coalitions that resist and insurgent coalitions that promote these transitions. More recently, there has been attention on the politics and power within these coalitions and the implications of who participates and how for the kinds of policy preferences that emerge. Here, we focus on how insurgent coalitions of relatively marginalized social forces negotiate differences in interests and power. We do so by comparing insurgent just transition coalitions in two US states, Washington State and Colorado. Our study also highlights the variability amongst actors within categories, whether labour or environmental and community justice, thus challenging their homogenization implied in the ‘jobs vs environment’ and green and blue framings. We believe that our research contributes to the politicization of sustainability transition research, including just transitions

Negotiation · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Sustainability · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy · Ecology