Cities and climate change::  How historical legacies shape policy-making in English and German municipalities

Peter Mark Eckersley

doi:10.1177/0263395716670412

Cities and climate change: How historical legacies shape policy-making in English and German municipalities

Peter Mark Eckersley

Environment and Geography

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Abstract

This article draws on secondary historical sources and primary interviews to highlight how the legacy of the creation of local governments in England and Germany has significant implications for policy-making in the present day. By employing an institutionalist perspective to analyse how one municipality in each country tries to promote renewable energy and retrofit private housing, it demonstrates how historical factors have resulted in the German Council having more capacity to act hierarchically in local governance arrangements than its English counterpart. These findings have notable implications for how governments at all levels seek to tackle major challenges such as climate change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	151-166
Journal	Politics
Volume	37
Issue number	2
Early online date	5 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0263395716670412
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2017

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Keywords

climate change
Historical institutionalism, path dependency, biotechnology policy
local government
multi-level governance
organisational capacity

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Cities and climate change
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