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Evidence in the Networked Governance of Regional Decarbonisation: A Critical Appraisal
Author(s) -
Weller Sally,
Tierney John
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8500.12244
Subject(s) - corporate governance , politics , critical appraisal , intervention (counseling) , multi level governance , political science , mood , business , public economics , economics , public administration , economic system , psychology , finance , social psychology , psychiatry , law , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
This paper examines the use of evidence in collaborative policy making focusing on the challenges of implementing national decarbonisation policies in regional areas. Its case study of a staged policy intervention to promote the ‘transition to a low carbon economy’ in Victoria's coal‐dependent Latrobe Valley reveals the selective use of evidence to support policy directions that emerged from the interaction of policy knowledge and the political mood. The paper shows how local conditions can be manipulated to enable the production of evidence consistent with the policy objective, but also suggests that despite combining orchestrated evidence with customised forms of networked governance, it is not possible to suppress or deflect unresolved political disagreements.