Greener governments : partisan ideologies, executive institutions and environmental policies

Leinaweaver, Justin and Thomson, Robert (2016) Greener governments : partisan ideologies, executive institutions and environmental policies. Environmental Politics. ISSN 0964-4016 (https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2016.1144271)

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Abstract

Why do some governments have more environmentally friendly policies than others? Part of the answer involves governing parties' ideological positions on environmentalism and the constraints imposed by executive institutions. This paper elaborates this party-based explanation and tests it with uniquely comparable indicators of national environmental policies for governments in 27 countries in the European Union. The findings show that governments with parties that emphasized environmental protection in their manifestos are more likely to propose pro-environment policies during EU-level negotiations. However, the effect of ideology is mediated by the centralization of the national executive branch. In centralized national executives the environmental positions of prime ministers' parties affect policies, while in decentralized national executives the positions of environment ministers' parties are relevant. The findings have implications for understanding the impact of parties’ environmental positions on government policies, as well as for policymaking in coalitions more generally.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	55305
  Dates:	Date Event 25 February 2016 Published 25 February 2016 Published Online 21 December 2015 Accepted
  Notes:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Environmental Politics on 25th February 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09644016.2016.1144271
  Subjects:	Political Science
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	12 Jan 2016 11:13
  Last modified:	16 Dec 2024 17:26
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55305