The Potential of Co-benefits to Spur Subnational Carbon Pricing in North America: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Daniela Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
High Risk ◽  
North America ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Pricing Policy ◽  
Carbon Pricing

Abstract We only partially understand the rise of subnational North American governments as carbon-pricing pioneers because fewer than half of the jurisdictions that consider a carbon-pricing policy (CPP) implement one. This article contributes to the literature on CPPs that relies on political economy dynamics and power relations to explain not only policy outcomes but also the lack thereof. Using a qualitative comparative analysis of fifty-four cases, the article shows that subnational governments that have officially considered a CPP tend to implement it if the visible and local co-benefits of mitigation help them bear the political and economic costs of pricing emissions. Findings also show that the regulation of industries with high risk of carbon leakage does not automatically preclude the enactment of CPPs and that the scope of the policy may be more decisive for implementation.

scholarly journals Austerity and Anti-Austerity: The Political Economy of Refusal in ‘Low-Resistance’ Models of Capitalism

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 683-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Bailey ◽  
Saori Shibata
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Alternative Route ◽  
Low Resistance ◽  
Industrial Democracies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Liberal Market Economy

In contrast to much of the political economy literature, this article explores acts of refusal that obstruct attempts to impose austerity measures on advanced industrial democracies. It thereby complements a literature that has thus far focused far more upon the (apparently unobstructed) imposition of austerity. In doing so, it uses two typically ‘low-resistance’ countries – Japan and the UK –as least-likely cases and finds that austerity is rarely uncontested. Using fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, it highlights the ‘causal recipes’ sufficient for both (1) anti-austerity activity to have a significant impact on austerity proposals and (2) the smooth (unobstructed) imposition of austerity. The politics of austerity is shown to be better understood as an iterative interaction between proposals for austerity and the acts of refusal they encounter. These obstacles to austerity appear more straightforward to activate effectively in Japan’s coordinated model of capitalism, whilst the UK’s liberal market economy tends to generate more innovative forms of dissent that (if they are sufficiently militant) provide an alternative route towards the obstruction of austerity.

Equilibrium and Historical- Structural Perspectives on Migration

1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles H. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Equilibrium Model ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Labor Mobility ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
The Political ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Alternative Approach

The equilibrium model of labor mobility and the historical-structural perspective on population movement are summarized and critiqued. A comparative analysis identifies the sources of the growing discontinuity in the contemporary literature on migration by exploring the theoretical and methodological implications of the contrasting paradigms of socioeconomic development in which each perspective is embedded. The last section outlines an alternative approach to the study of migration by shifting the unit of analysis to the household. It is argued that the analysis household sustenance strategies, interpreted within the political economy of which the household is a part, provides the basis for integrating structural and behavioral perspectives on the study of population movement.

The Political Economy of Gutswirtschaft: A Comparative Analysis of East Elbian Germany, Egypt, and Chile

1979 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Richards
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Political ◽  
Central Chile

In many otherwise diverse societies, owners of large agricultural estates have paid their year-round workers with the use of a piece of land on which to produce their own subsistence crops. In a “preliminary report” Magnus Morner cited some eleven examples of this system in Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Although Mörner mentions different influences, he does not advance an argument to explain these systems. This essay seeks to contribute to our understanding of the political economy of these “labor rent” or “estate labor” systems. The paper is exploratory: previous approaches are considered, a theoretical framework is proposed, and some tentative hypotheses are presented. My evidence comes from three examples: the Insten system of East Elbian Germany from ca. 1750 to ca. 1860; the ‘izbah system of the Egyptian Delta from ca. 1850 to ca. 1940; and the pre-1930 inquilinaje system of Central Chile.

The Political Economy of African Foreign Policy: Comparative Analysis

1985 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 724
Author(s):  
Shaheen Mozaffar ◽  
Timothy M. Shaw ◽  
Olajide Aluko
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
The Political

scholarly journals A New Approach to the Question of the Political Spectrum Polarization

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Gindler
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Mathematical Apparatus ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Wealth Redistribution ◽  
Political Spectrum

The article introduces a new approach to the problem of political spectrum polarization. Political science has introduced a multitude of spectrograms based on different factors, dimensions, axes, and cardinal points. Most often the graphics do not complement each other, and it seems that each of them describes a completely different reality. There was an urgent need to conduct an objective analysis of political philosophies and find the factors that influence the political spectrum polarization. For these purposes, the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) was used, as it allows to introduce a fraction of objectivity due to the use of a formalized mathematical apparatus of the theory of sets. Thirteen main political doctrines were analyzed and obtained that spectrum polarization depends on three conditions: attitude to private property, individual freedom, and wealth redistribution. As the factors that influence the political spectrum polarization were firmly determined, it became possible to build a spectrogram unambiguously.

“IT HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS”: LEGISLATIVE BUFFERING AS AN INFORMAL MECHANISM OF POLITICAL MEDIATION*

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua A. Basseches
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Social Movement Organizations ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Complete Failure ◽  
Movement Organizations ◽  
Political Mediation

The political mediation model explains movement policy outcomes ranging from complete failure to total success. However, the qualitative mechanisms through which political mediation occurs empirically remain understudied, especially as they relate to the content-specifying stages of the legislative process. Furthermore, while we know that political mediation is context dependent, key elements of what political context entails remain underspecified. This article addresses these gaps by tracing the influence of a coalition of social movement organizations (SMOs) seeking to simultaneously shape the content of two major climate bills in a progressive U.S. state where the climate movement enjoys a relatively favorable political context overall. Comparing the divergent trajectories and outcomes of the two bills illuminates the process of legislative buffering, which is conceptualized as an informal mechanism of political mediation. The comparative analysis also reveals situational elements of political context that can present additional hurdles movements must overcome to maximize their success.

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