‘Life. Brought to you by’ … coal? Business responses to climate change in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17825524 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vanessa Bowden (0000-0002-6642-2826, Hunter Water, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 275-285 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2325-1042 • E-ISSN: 2325-1042 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23251042.2017.1382032 |
| OpenAlex | W2763141539 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 37 |
In Australia, policies to mitigate climate change seem to disappear as quickly as they come. After a number of hurdles, the centre-oriented Labor government eventually succeeded in implementing a price on carbon in 2012, only to be voted out and have it repealed 2 years later. This article outlines the views of business leaders’ attitudes to climate change in the lead up to implementation, offering a unique perspective of where they converge and vary. Situated in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, participants were interviewed about their views on climate change and climate mitigation policies. As a major coal-producing hub and home to the world’s largest coal port, the Hunter Valley is a fitting case study for a nation which has long seen its economic success as inextricably linked to the coal industry. The article makes use Bourdieu’s framework of the field of power to understand the relational aspects of how business leaders are responding to climate change, finding that while many participants show a growing awareness of – and sometimes concern for – the issue, their ability to respond is severely limited by a doxic view of the economy and coal
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The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Gillard, Rudd and Labor Tradition
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Why We Disagree about Climate Change
Analysing Discourse
Experimental Publics
It’s only natural
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Up and down with climate politics 2013–2016
The Norwegian Field of Power Anno 2000
Youth and political economy
In Search of a Cultural Interpretation of Power
From ‘Problem City’ to ‘Promise City’
Climate change and journalistic norms
The Problem of Energy
An invitation to reflexive sociology
Subprime catalyst
Public Contest through the Popular Media
The Limits to Growth
Stumbling towards collapse
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
Central Bankers in the Contemporary Global Field of Power
Symbolic capital and social classes
Don't shoot the messenger
From Ruling Class to Field of Power
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Not Just a Coalmine
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |