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The green state and industrial decarbonisation

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ID4329338
AuthorsRoger Hildingsson (0000-0002-1696-6905, Lund University, corresponding author), Annica Kronsell (0000-0003-1991-8543, University of Gothenburg), Javed Khan (0000-0002-6108-926X, Lund University)
Year2019
Volume28
Issue5
Pages909-928
Publication date2019-07-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644016.2018.1488484
OpenAlexW2884564833
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited24

The large share of carbon emitted by energy-intensive industries in the extraction and processing of basic materials must be limited to decarbonise society and the economy. Ways in which the state can govern industrial decarbonisation and contributes to green state theory are explored by addressing a largely ignored issue: the green state’s industrial relations and its role in industrial governance. With insights from a Swedish case study, the tension between the state’s economic imperative and ecological concerns in greening industry are shown to persist. However, as the energy-intensive industry’s previously privileged position in the economy is weakening, industry is opened to decarbonisation strategies. While the case exposes a number of governance challenges, it also suggests potential areas where the state can pursue decarbonisation in energy-intensive industry and points the way to an active role of the green state in governing industrial decarbonisation and greening industry

Business · Economics · Natural resource economics · Political science · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Sustainable Industrial Ecology

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Citations per year5,8
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 28

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