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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23387| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks : coal phase-out in Germany |
| Authors: | Markard, Jochen Rinscheid, Adrian Widdel, Linda |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.eist.2021.08.001 10.21256/zhaw-23387 |
| Published in: | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions |
| Volume(Issue): | 40 |
| Page(s): | 315 |
| Pages to: | 331 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 2210-4224 2210-4232 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Discourse network analysis; Discourse coalition; Technology decline; Regime destabilization; Coal phase-out; Politics of climate change |
| Subject (DDC): | 302.23: Media 333.7: Land, natural recreational areas |
| Abstract: | Discourse analysis is gaining attention in transition studies. This paper uses discourse network analysis (DNA) to study how discourse coalitions, and the storylines they mobilize, change over time. Drawing from archival data of two daily newspapers, we analyze the struggle over coal phase-out in Germany (2000–2020). We identify an anti-coal discourse coalition, which was stable and ideationally congruent over time. It used climate change as the dominant storyline to delegitimize coal. The phase-out policy decision in 2020 can be interpreted as the success of this coalition. The pro-coal coalition, in contrast, was more dispersed and less consistent in their arguments. Nonetheless, it was able to institutionalize some of its key storylines in the final policies. We argue that DNA is a powerful tool we can mobilize in sustainability transitions research for the study of politics and beyond. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/23387 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Sustainable Development (INE) |
| Published as part of the ZHAW project: | SWEET PATHFNDR – Wege in eine effiziente Energiezukunft durch Flexibilität und Sektorenkopplung Pathways – Conflicting Transition Pathways for Deep Decarbonization |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Markard, J., Rinscheid, A., & Widdel, L. (2021). Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks : coal phase-out in Germany. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 40, 315–331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.08.001
Markard, J., Rinscheid, A. and Widdel, L. (2021) ‘Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks : coal phase-out in Germany’, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 40, pp. 315–331. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.08.001.
J. Markard, A. Rinscheid, and L. Widdel, “Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks : coal phase-out in Germany,” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 40, pp. 315–331, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.eist.2021.08.001.
MARKARD, Jochen, Adrian RINSCHEID und Linda WIDDEL, 2021. Analyzing transitions through the lens of discourse networks : coal phase-out in Germany. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 2021. Bd. 40, S. 315–331. DOI 10.1016/j.eist.2021.08.001
Markard, Jochen, Adrian Rinscheid, and Linda Widdel. 2021. “Analyzing Transitions through the Lens of Discourse Networks : Coal Phase-out in Germany.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 40: 315–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.08.001.
Markard, Jochen, et al. “Analyzing Transitions through the Lens of Discourse Networks : Coal Phase-out in Germany.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, vol. 40, 2021, pp. 315–31, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.08.001.
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