Structure, agency and local climate governance: how do individual actors exploit local contexts to shape policymaking in smaller cities and towns?

Haupt, W, Laug, L and Eckersley, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-8529, 2024. Structure, agency and local climate governance: how do individual actors exploit local contexts to shape policymaking in smaller cities and towns? Regional Studies. ISSN 0034-3404

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Abstract

Previous studies stress that structural conditions influence local climate action, but often neglect the role of agency in policymaking. Drawing on fieldwork in 11 German towns, we show how municipal managers frame climate-related policies in different ways to gain local support for action. Although these framings are influenced by each town’s socioeconomic, demographic and political conditions, as well as its vulnerability to climate threats, they nonetheless highlight the importance of individuals in policymaking. We then present a two-dimensional framework to inform future research into structure and agency in local governance, whilst cautioning that undertaking such studies can be difficult.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Regional Studies
Creators:	Haupt, W., Laug, L. and Eckersley, P.
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Date:	3 June 2024
ISSN:	0034-3404
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/00343404.2024.2354384 DOI 1892560 Other
Rights:	© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Melissa Cornwell
Date Added:	09 May 2024 14:17
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2024 12:22
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51417

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