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Termination Theory and National Climate Change Mitigation Programs: The Case of N ew Z ealand
Author(s) -
Birchall S. Jeff
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/ropr.12056
Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , government (linguistics) , ideology , politics , political science , public administration , business , economics , philosophy , linguistics , law
In 2008 N ew Z ealand ( NZ ) changed from a Labour‐led to a National‐led government, and this resulted in a shift to government's carbon emission mitigation strategy, including the abandonment of the C ommunities for C limate P rotection ( CCP ) and the C arbon N eutral P ublic S ervice ( CNPS ) programs. Using deLeon's seminal model for program termination, the objective of this research is to determine why NZ 's newly elected government discontinued these initiatives. This empirical research is investigative and probing, and comprises a series of semi‐structured interviews with senior managers responsible for the delivery of the respective program within their organization. The architects of each program are also investigated. In the end, this study finds that while economic constraints and programmatic inefficiencies may have played a contributing role, political ideology is the primary rationale for the termination of the CNPS and the CCP‐NZ programs.