Retrogradism in context. Varieties of right-wing populist climate politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4329324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Veith Selk (0000-0002-7554-3486, Technische Universität Darmstadt, corresponding author), Jörg Kemmerzell (0000-0003-4072-9093, Technische Universität Darmstadt) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 755-776 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2021.1999150 |
| OpenAlex | W3215693302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 41 |
In this paper, we argue against an all-too-easy ‘climate bad guy’ thesis, which holds that in right-wing populism climate change denialism or at least skepticism is one-dimensional, i.e. right-wing populist parties generally reject climate change mitigation. To this end, we present a revision of the ‘populism as thin-centered ideology’ approach and situate populist politics in the context of a process we refer to as devolution of democracy. We develop a heuristic list of distinct populist climate policy claims for empirical investigation and then apply a contextualist approach by examining differing right-wing populist party positions on climate change mitigation within a two-level framework that covers their positioning towards both the global climate agenda and domestic low-carbon policies. We substantiate our thesis that populist climate politics is retrograde as well as context-relative by drawing on empirical cases from Germany, Austria, and Poland
Climate change · Climate policy · Democracy · Epistemology · Geography · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Right wing · Skepticism · Sociology · German legal, social, and political studies · Law · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |