Hur hänvisar politiska aktörer till experter? En argumentationsanalys av debatten om CCS
(2009) STVK01 20091Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Today’s environmental issues are often said to be characterised by high
complexity and uncertainty, which causes policymakers to be greatly dependent on scientific facts. Drawing on constructivist assumptions that the interplay between science and policy is complex, and therefore cannot be explained by the notion that more research leads to less uncertainty, I address how policymakers tend to refer to scientific experts in the ongoing debate in Sweden on carbon ioxide capture and storage technology (CCS). Analysing the debate using the methods of argumentation analysis, I find four major areas of divergence between proponents and opponents which are (1) the notion of coal resources, (2) whether or not CCS will handicap the development of... (More) - Today’s environmental issues are often said to be characterised by high
complexity and uncertainty, which causes policymakers to be greatly dependent on scientific facts. Drawing on constructivist assumptions that the interplay between science and policy is complex, and therefore cannot be explained by the notion that more research leads to less uncertainty, I address how policymakers tend to refer to scientific experts in the ongoing debate in Sweden on carbon ioxide capture and storage technology (CCS). Analysing the debate using the methods of argumentation analysis, I find four major areas of divergence between proponents and opponents which are (1) the notion of coal resources, (2) whether or not CCS will handicap the development of renewable energy, (3) the responsibility of energy companies and (4) the degree of optimism to new technology. I conclude that there tend to be an absence of explicit references to
experts in this debate. (Less)
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- author
- Persson, Rickard LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK01 20091
- year
- 2009
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Experts, Science-policy interplay, Uncertainty, Environmental policy, CCS
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1361670
- date added to LUP
- 2009-04-17 09:03:57
- date last changed
- 2009-04-17 09:03:57
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