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Political Policy Narratives

Varady, Natalie LU (2020) STVK02 20192
Department of Political Science
Abstract
As a consequence of the Green New Deal and its refraining from carbon pricing policies, this study aims to examine further why actors supporting the new policy framework are taking a distance from all previous carbon pricing methods such as taxations och cap and trade systems. The study has been conducted through the methodology of an idea analysis, where arguments gathered from four election campaigns of democratic senators supporting the Green New Deal. Through the empirical findings and arguments provided, an analysis on the overarching narrative has been made with the purpose of finding answers to why these actors have refrained from policies of carbon pricing. By distinguishing and specifying a narrative through the theory of... (More)
As a consequence of the Green New Deal and its refraining from carbon pricing policies, this study aims to examine further why actors supporting the new policy framework are taking a distance from all previous carbon pricing methods such as taxations och cap and trade systems. The study has been conducted through the methodology of an idea analysis, where arguments gathered from four election campaigns of democratic senators supporting the Green New Deal. Through the empirical findings and arguments provided, an analysis on the overarching narrative has been made with the purpose of finding answers to why these actors have refrained from policies of carbon pricing. By distinguishing and specifying a narrative through the theory of Narrative Policy Framework with characters, settings, plots and narrative strategies, a conclusion could be drawn that policies of carbon pricing do not fit the rhetorics and narratives used in the framework of the Green New Deal. (Less)
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author
Varady, Natalie LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Why carbon pricing is excluded from the Green New Deal
course
STVK02 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Green New Deal, Policy process, Narrative Policy Framework
language
Swedish
id
8999979
date added to LUP
2020-09-23 10:46:54
date last changed
2020-09-23 10:46:54
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  abstract     = {{As a consequence of the Green New Deal and its refraining from carbon pricing policies, this study aims to examine further why actors supporting the new policy framework are taking a distance from all previous carbon pricing methods such as taxations och cap and trade systems. The study has been conducted through the methodology of an idea analysis, where arguments gathered from four election campaigns of democratic senators supporting the Green New Deal. Through the empirical findings and arguments provided, an analysis on the overarching narrative has been made with the purpose of finding answers to why these actors have refrained from policies of carbon pricing. By distinguishing and specifying a narrative through the theory of Narrative Policy Framework with characters, settings, plots and narrative strategies, a conclusion could be drawn that policies of carbon pricing do not fit the rhetorics and narratives used in the framework of the Green New Deal.}},
  author       = {{Varady, Natalie}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Political Policy Narratives}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}