Kristoffer Ekberg
Biträdande universitetslektor
A Road to Denial : Climate Change and Neoliberal Thought in Sweden, 1988-2000
Författare
Summary, in English
Neoliberal and conservative actors, financed by the fossil fuel industry, have been identified as crucial parts of a climate change denialist counter movement since at least the 1980s. We claim that this intersection stems from more than just vested interest fuelling advocacy groups. By focusing on the intellectual developments and social networks of core actors in the environmental debate in Sweden, we trace the history of opposition to environmental regulation in a country proclaiming to be an environmental pioneer. Our analysis shows that while the framing of climate change in terms of complexity initially provided actors with arguments for neoliberal policies, the obstruction of climate and environmental action was steeped in a neoliberal thought style. Our findings demonstrate the importance of scrutinising economic paradigms and thought styles that has enabled the delay of climate policy as well as the continued need for historical and geographically specific studies of obstruction.
Avdelning/ar
- Historiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2022-11
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
627-644
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Contemporary European History
Volym
31
Issue
4
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Cambridge University Press
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
- History of Technology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0960-7773