The Science–Policy Interface as a Discourse Network: Finland’s Climate Change Policy 2002–2015
The Science–Policy Interface as a Discourse Network: Finland’s Climate Change Policy 2002–2015
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作为话语网络的科学与政策界面：2002-2015 年芬兰的气候变化政策
DOI：
10.17645/pag.v8i2.2603
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Tuomas Ylä‐Anttila
中科院分区：
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作者：
A. Kukkonen;Tuomas Ylä‐Anttila
在这篇文章中，我们认为，科学政策接口可以被理解为一个话语网络，由科学组织和其他行为者之间的话语互动，都使用科学的论点与其他政策的论点。我们使用话语网络分析，调查2002年和2015年之间在芬兰的气候变化政策过程中，侧重于话语网络中的科学行为者和参数之间的作用和关系。我们的数据包括政策参与者对两项法律提案的书面证词，即批准京都议定书（2002年）和颁布芬兰气候法（2015年）。我们的研究结果表明，两个相互竞争的话语联盟影响了2000年代气候变化政策的发展。2002年，占主导地位的联盟是经济联盟，将经济增长置于减缓气候变化之上。2015年，主张采取雄心勃勃的减缓措施的气候联盟成为主导。大多数科学行为者在2002年属于主导经济联盟，在2015年属于主导生态联盟。随着时间的推移，科学论证的中心地位越来越高，两个话语联盟也越来越多地使用它们。这些发展反映了科学在芬兰气候政策制定中日益重要的地位。我们有助于科学政策接口的文献操作的接口作为一组连接在话语网络和话语网络及其属性的分析，可以帮助我们了解随着时间的推移，科学在决策中的作用的转变。
In this article, we argue that the science–policy interface can be understood as a discourse network constituted by discursive interaction between scientific organizations and other actors that both use scientific arguments in conjunction with other policy arguments. We use discourse network analysis to investigate the climate change policy process in Finland between 2002 and 2015, focusing on the role of and relationships between scientific actors and arguments in the discourse networks. Our data consist of policy actors’ written testimonies on two law proposals, the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol (2002) and the enactment of the Finnish Climate Law (2015). Our results show that two competing discourse coalitions have influenced the development of climate change policy in the 2000s. In 2002, the dominant coalition was economic, prioritizing economic growth over climate change mitigation. In 2015, the climate coalition that argued for ambitious mitigation measures became dominant. The majority of scientific actors were part of the dominant economy coalition in 2002 and part of the dominant ecology coalition in 2015. The centrality of scientific arguments increased over time, and both discourse coalitions used them progressively more. These developments reflect the increasingly central position of science in Finnish climate policymaking. We contribute to the literature on the science–policy interface by operationalizing the interface as a set of connections in a discourse network and by showing how the analysis of discourse networks and their properties can help us understand the shifts in the role of science in policymaking over time.