Dear colleagues,
Please find below a Call for Papers on "The Distributive Effects of
Environmental Politics" for the ECPR Graduate Conference in July 2012 in
Bremen, Germany. Please feel free to distribute this widely to
interested PhD students. For general information on the ECPR Graduate
Conference please see:
http://new.ecprnet.eu/Conferences/Graduate/2012_Bremen/Default.aspx
Best regards,
André Schaffrin, Ina Lehmann
Call for Papers ECPR Graduate Conference 4-6 July 2012, Bremen
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The Distributive Effects of Environmental Politics: National and
International Perspectives/
Environmental problems like climate change, biodiversity loss,
overfishing, or waste disposal can have significantly negative impacts
on human wellbeing. Much research has been devoted to the
problem-solving quality of environmental policy measures. Yet it is
frequently disregarded that environmental politics can also have
considerable (re)distributive effects on national and international levels.
Domestically, politics that are targeted exclusively at mitigating
ecological problems are likely to reinforce differences in wealth. For
instance, transport politics that are limited to reducing private fuel
consumption by raising petrol prices may particularly lower the mobility
of poorer segments of the population. Internationally, the distributive
effects of environmental politics are particularly pronounced in
North-South relations. Most recent environmental agreements contain
clauses on technology transfer and financial support. But it remains
contested whether this suffices to balance the unequal burdens that many
agreements impose on developed and developing countries.
We invite papers which address the distributive effects of national or
international environmental politics from any of the following three
perspectives.
/Descriptive/: In the first place, we need to know more about the
distributive consequences of environmental politics. For instance: Who
benefits most from international environmental treaties or national
legislation? Who bears the costs?
/Analytical/: We also look for explanations for the observed patterns.
Key questions may be: How much influence do national economic structures
have on distributive inequalities? Internationally, what influence does
the problem structure have on distributive outcomes? What kinds of
institutional arrangements can serve to mitigate socially undesirable
effects of environmental politics?
/Evaluative/: Here we ask for example: To what extent are national or
international policies consistent with norms of distributive justice? Do
we observe conflicts between environmental (effectiveness) and social
(fairness) goals? Do particular policies fare better or worse in the
light of one conception of justice than in the light of others?
Please submit your proposals of maximum 300 words by December 20, 2011
to both Ina Lehmann ([email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>) and André Schaffrin
([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>).
Please include in your abstract your institutional affiliation and email
address.
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Ina Lehmann
Universität Bremen
Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien (InIIS)
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7 (Haus "Wien")
28359 Bremen
Tel: +49 (0) 421-218-67469
Fax: +49 (0) 421-218-67491
E-mail: [email protected]
