Dear Colleagues: I am writing to solicit abstracts for a panel for the annual conference of the International Political Science Association in Montreal, July 2014: http://www.ipsa.org/events/congress/montreal2014/theme
The plan is to submit the panel for publication as a special issue in a high-ranking journal, co-edited by me and Stephen Bird (Clarkson University). I am in contact with one journal already and will submit a proposal to the journal's editor in early July 2013, once we have enough abstracts. Abstracts (<1500 characters) are due to me at owen (dot) temby (at) mcgill (dot) ca no later than June 28, 2013. Please feel free to contact me to run an idea by me in advance of submitting an abstract. Graduate students nearing the completion of their degrees and with concrete findings are strongly encouraged to participate. The draft panel abstract is below. The content and direction of the panel abstract are subject to change slightly in response to the themes that emerge from the abstracts we receive and choose to include in the panel. Yours truly, Owen Temby Draft Panel Abstract: Local Collaboration and Contestation: Lessons from New York State in Environmental Activism and Policy Development This panel explores the inclusion of local propertied interests in the environmental policy process in New York State. Propertied interests are those that benefit economically from the use and sale of land, and in particular from long-term local economic growth. While they are important participants in policymaking, they are diverse and do not always agree on issues regarding land use and pollution prevention. This diversity is especially problematic in New York, whose economic base exhibits substantial regional variation. Yet New York is also a leader in American environmental policy, utilizing a wide range of innovative policy instruments to protect land, prevent pollution, regulate greenhouse gases, and adapt to climate change. It is one of several American States (others include CA, MA, TX) whose policies are imitated via processes of policy diffusion. To investigate the political role performed by these actors, we ask what broader lessons we might learn from New York. How do local propertied interests engage with political leaders and public agencies in the development of policy that navigates the tension between industrial/commercial development and environmental protection in pursuance of long-term economic and environmental sustainability? Addressing this question from several angles will clarify the position in the policy process of a type of actor – local landowners – given too little attention in the environmental governance literature. It will expand scholarly knowledge of the political dynamics of environmental policymaking in one of the United States’ most populous and influential regions. We welcome paper proposals on the involvement of propertied interests in the politics of land use, pollution, and climate change adaptation in all regions in New York State. --- Owen Temby, Ph.D. (political science) Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Policy and Administration Carleton University http://sustainability-research.mcgill.ca/people/Owen.html Research Associate, Loyola Sustainability Research Centre Concordia University http://artsandscience.concordia.ca/research/researchcentres/faculty-centres/loyola-sustainability-research-centre/people/research-associates/ Please see my Riddell Award winning article, "Trouble in Smogville": http://juh.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/05/07/0096144212441710.abstract -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
