New Zealand’s transition attempts to a more sustainable economy: political statements and governance realities

IF 1.2 4区 社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Science Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI:10.1080/00323187.2021.2019592
V. Dinica
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ABSTRACT This article explores how key political parties have operationalised the only three economic models discussed politically in New Zealand, since 2009: green growth (GG); circular economy (CE), bioeconomy (BE). For the later, two approaches are distinguished, given the different sustainability performance expected: a ‘natural bioeconomy’ (BE-1) and a ‘genetic engineering bioeconomy’ (BE-2). Findings indicate that all parties and governments have predominantly supported weak and partial sustainability operationalisations of these models. The conservative National Party conflates resource-intensive capitalism with GG and BE-2. The Labour Party’s approaches to CE and BE-1 are fragmented and narrow, with no overarching national strategies; since retaking power in 2017, governmental initiatives remain dominated by the timid GG approach of the past. Labour is mildly open towards several types of high-risk genetic-engineering, consistent with BE-2. The National Party supports BE-2 transitions as wholeheartedly as the Green Party opposes them. Surprisingly, Labour’s interest in BE-1 and CBE-1 innovations is limited, framed only by climate mitigation goals. It is unclear whether any political party New Zealand currently understands or wishes to implement contemporary conceptualisations of an innovative, ecologically-sound circular natural bioeconomy (CBE-1).
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新西兰向更可持续的经济转型的尝试:政治声明和治理现实
本文探讨了自2009年以来,主要政党如何在新西兰实施政治上讨论的三种经济模式:绿色增长(GG);循环经济(CE)、生物经济(BE)。对于后者,考虑到预期的不同可持续性表现,可以区分两种方法:“自然生物经济”(BE-1)和“基因工程生物经济”(BE-2)。研究结果表明,所有各方和政府都主要支持这些模型的薄弱和部分可持续性运作。保守的国家党将资源密集型资本主义与GG和BE-2混为一谈。工党对欧盟行政长官和欧盟-1的做法是分散和狭隘的,没有总体的国家战略;自2017年重新掌权以来,政府的举措仍然由过去胆小的GG方式主导。工党对几种高风险基因工程持温和开放态度,与BE-2一致。国家党全心全意地支持BE-2过渡,而绿党则坚决反对。令人惊讶的是,工党对BE-1和CBE-1创新的兴趣是有限的,仅受气候缓解目标的限制。目前尚不清楚新西兰是否有任何政党理解或希望实施创新的、生态无害的循环自然生物经济(CBE-1)的当代概念。
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期刊介绍: Political Science publishes high quality original scholarly works in the broad field of political science. Submission of articles with a regional focus on New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific is particularly encouraged, but content is not limited to this focus. Contributions are invited from across the political science discipline, including from the fields of international relations, comparative politics, political theory and public administration. Proposals for collections of articles on a common theme or debate to be published as special issues are welcome, as well as individual submissions.
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