In search of legitimacy

• Verfasst von: Zumbrägel, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: In search of legitimacy
• Verf.angabe: Author: Tobias Zumbrägel
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 28 S.
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Governance and domestic policymaking in saudi arabia
• Ausgabe Quelle: First edition
• Ort Quelle: London [England] : Bloomsbury, 2021
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: (2021), Seite 197-224
• ISBN Quelle: 978-0-7556-4441-4
• ISBN Quelle: 0-7556-4441-7
• ISBN Quelle: 978-0-7556-4440-7
• ISBN Quelle: 978-0-7556-4439-1
• ISBN Quelle: 978-0-7556-4438-4
• DOI: doi:10.5040/9780755644414.ch-8
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1927985161

Abstract

Albeit Saudi Arabia’s hydrocarbon abundance and its traditional record as a trustworthy and main supplier of fossil fuels, numerous structural challenges nudged decision-makers into considering a more environmental-friendly sustainable policy. Studying the adoption and implementation of climate policies and its legitimizing effects is an interesting research subject: On the one hand, climate change as a stress factor is one of the greatest challenges in the twenty-first century and mitigating the severe effects of it and adapting to global warming has become a key task for any political system. Hence, it bears a substantial degree of legitimation if it is successfully managed. On the other hand, environmental policymaking is characterized as a predominantly regulative policy field. Moreover, implemented climate action (i.e. output) is not immediately visible as the effects (i.e. outcomes) are rather long-term and influenced by many other variables. Both can result in a delegitimizing effect. Considering environmental policymaking as a legitimation strategy, this study provides an innovative analytical framework to shed light on policy processes intended to garner political legitimacy....