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Issue Framing and U.S. State Energy and Climate Policy Choice

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  • Janel Jett
  • Leigh Raymond

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Experimental and case study research has highlighted the importance of issue framing to the adoption of state renewable energy and climate change policies. Yet this relationship has not been tested within broader models of state policy adoption. We fill this gap by exploring the relationship between issue‐framing patterns and climate/renewable energy policy activity across the 50 U.S. states, controlling for other well‐known determinants of state environmental policy choice. Our results confirm that framing patterns for these issues vary markedly between states and regions and that a higher proportion of frames highlighting the economic benefits of climate change and renewable energy policies is positively associated with state policy activity. These results further confirm the importance of new issue frames related to economic benefits in subnational climate and renewable energy politics. 实验研究和案例研究强调了议题建构对州级可再生能源及气候变化政策采纳的重要性。不过，这一关系还未在更广的州级政策采纳模式中加以验证。通过探究美国50州的议题建构模式和气候/可再生能源政策活动之间的关系，同时控制州级环境政策选择的其他决定因素，我们填补了该研究空白。研究结果证实了两点，第一，议题建构模式在各州和区域之间差异显著；第二，更高比例的、强调气候变化和可再生能源政策的经济利益的议题建构，与州政策活动呈正相关。该研究结果进一步证实了强调次国家气候和可再生能源政治的经济利益的新议题建构的重要性。 La investigación experimental y de estudios de caso ha destacado la importancia del encuadre de problemas para la adopción de políticas estatales de energía renovable y cambio climático. Sin embargo, esta relación no ha sido probada dentro de modelos más amplios de adopción de políticas estatales. Cubrimos este vacío explorando la relación entre los patrones de encuadre de problemas y la actividad de políticas de energía renovable / clima en los 50 estados de EE. UU., Controlando otros determinantes bien conocidos de la elección de políticas ambientales estatales. Nuestros resultados confirman que los patrones de encuadre para estos temas varían notablemente entre estados y regiones y que una mayor proporción de marcos que destacan los beneficios económicos del cambio climático y las políticas de energía renovable se asocia positivamente con la actividad de las políticas estatales. Estos resultados confirman aún más la importancia de los nuevos marcos temáticos relacionados con los beneficios económicos en el clima subnacional y las políticas de energía renovable.

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  • Janel Jett & Leigh Raymond, 2021. "Issue Framing and U.S. State Energy and Climate Policy Choice," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 38(3), pages 278-299, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:38:y:2021:i:3:p:278-299
    DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12427
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