> *** Please excuse cross-postings *** > > Dear colleagues, > > we would like to invite you to submit a paper proposal to a panel on > "Pioneers in Environmental Policy Revisited" at this year's ECPR > General Conference in Reykjavik (Section Green Politics). The panel is > organized by Helge Jo"rgens([email protected]), Miranda > Schreurs ([email protected]) and myself. Here's a short > description of the panel: > > "Pioneers (vanguard, forerunners) in the various environmental areas > are decisive for the diffusion of progress (at least: prevention of > waves of backlashes) in environmental policy. Especially in the > context of “wicked” problems and issues of multinational or global > dimension pioneers are obviously crucial for triggering progress and > breaking impasses in environmental policy. What are the forces, > incentives, configurations, capacities, discourses, etc. that create > pioneers who leave the mainstream or even start a contra-mainstream > policy? Why are there pioneers although they often face fierce > opposition in their home country and abroad? Why do pioneer countries > usually act in international negotiations in ways not recommended by > negotiation theory? Are pioneer countries anachronistic in times > beyond the nation state? What theoretical and practical implications > does the rise of governance have for the concept of pioneers? Although > pioneers arguably are of great importance for environmental policy > progress systematic research is sparse aside from the seminal work by > Andersen/Liefferink and Ja"nicke et al. in the 1990s. This panel will > contribute to a theoretical and empirical substantiation of the notion > of “environmental pioneers”. Welcome are, in particular, efforts > towards a systematic definition/conceptualization of the term > “pioneer”, case studies and comparative (also historical) studies > (rise and decline of pioneers, changes over time) and > normative/practice-oriented studies (how to breed and promote pioneers)." > > You will find more information on the panel here: > http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/Reykjavik/panel_details.asp?panelid=240 > > > Please submit your paper proposal online via MyECPR > (https://www.ecprnet.eu/myecpr/login.asp). If you don't have a MyECPR > account yet you can create one directly there. Please note that the > *deadline for submitting paper proposals is February 1 2011*. > > For any further questions please don't hesitate to contact us. > > Best regards > > Helmut Weidner > Miranda Schreurs > Helge Jo"rgens > > -- > PD Dr. Helmut Weidner > Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fu"r Sozialforschung > Reichpietschufer 50 > 10785 Berlin > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: +4930-25491-269 > Fax: +4930-25491-254 > > Zimmer B 302
-- Dr. Helge Jo"rgens Forschungszentrum fu"r Umweltpolitik Fachbereich Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften Freie Universita"t Berlin Ihnestra?e 22, 14195 Berlin Germany Tel. +49-30-838 56650 Fax: +49-30-838 56685 -- ************************************* Prof. Miranda Schreurs Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) Department of Political and Social Sciences Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science Freie Universitat Berlin Ihnestr. 22 / D - 14195 Berlin-Dahlem phone: (+)49 - 30 - 838 56687 fax: (+)49 - 30 - 838 566 85 web: www.fu-berlin.de/ffu
