Silver Linings : Environmental Disasters as Critical Junctures
in Global Governance

J 2023

Silver Linings : Environmental Disasters as Critical Junctures in Global Governance

MATEJOVA, Miriam

Basic information

Original name

Silver Linings : Environmental Disasters as Critical Junctures in Global Governance

Authors

MATEJOVA, Miriam

Edition

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2023, 0013-9157

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

article - open access

Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.000

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Yes

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/23:00130117

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

environmental disasters; crises; oil spills; critical junctures

Abstract

In the original language

In political science, disasters are frequently viewed as events that may open windows of opportunity for political actors to push through their agendas. This view assumes that change is path dependent; therefore, disasters do not change the pre-disaster trajectories but merely speed them up. This article argues that viewing disasters as triggers that merely accelerate status quo implies that their unique characteristics are negligible. Empirical evidence suggests that this is an incorrect assumption. Sometimes disasters are critical junctures, historical turning points that create irreversible changes in affected social systems. Within states, some disasters, like the Santa Barbara and Exxon Valdez oil spills in the United States, expose the failure of existing institutions and force the trajectory of institutional development down an unplanned path. This article traces the change-making potential of these events, revealing how taking opportunity of crises and disasters may help us move forward with institutional innovation and positive change.

Links

MUNI/A/1502/2021, interní kód MU

Name: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu VIII.

Investor: Masaryk University

Files attached

Silver_Linings_Matejova.pdf

Cite

MATEJOVA, Miriam. Silver Linings : Environmental Disasters as Critical Junctures in Global Governance. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2023, vol. 65, No 1, p. 4-14. ISSN 0013-9157. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2023.2146943.

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MATEJOVA, Miriam. Silver Linings : Environmental Disasters as Critical Junctures in Global Governance. \textit{Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development}. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor \&{} Francis, 2023, vol.~65, No~1, p.~4-14. ISSN~0013-9157. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2023.2146943.

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