Beyond a Czech-The-Box Exercise : Proposals for Meaningful Stakeholder Participation in the Just Transition

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RIV/00216208:11690/23:10474150

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.20446/JEP-2414-3197-39-3-83" target="_blank" >10.20446/JEP-2414-3197-39-3-83</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Beyond a Czech-The-Box Exercise : Proposals for Meaningful Stakeholder Participation in the Just Transition

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The post-carbon transition presents an opportunity to address the inequalities in economic and political power faced by (semi-)peripheral regions. One such opportunity is the European Union’s (EU’s) just transition policies. However, the EU’s policies fall short in terms of questioning existing socio-economic and power inequalities. Their implementation often relies on technocratic measures and selective expert advice. Particularly in the semiperipheral regions of Central and Eastern Europe, meaningful – as opposed to ‘pro forma’ – participation of all stakeholders in formulating just transition policies is lacking. Using the Czech Republic – a major brown coal producer in the EU – as an illustrative case, we examine the existing obstacles to such meaningful participation and propose how to achieve it. We suggest that meaningful participation requires the direct involvement of diverse, especially underrepresented groups, such as workers in the industries at risk of job losses, and the shifting of the role of experts from a position of privilege to an equal position with non-expert stakeholders. We conclude that involving all affected stakeholders through deliberative methods opens a space to diverse just transition policies. Such policies would create an opportunity to challenge the dominant development narrative proposed by core countries and institutions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Beyond a Czech-The-Box Exercise : Proposals for Meaningful Stakeholder Participation in the Just Transition

Popis výsledku anglicky

The post-carbon transition presents an opportunity to address the inequalities in economic and political power faced by (semi-)peripheral regions. One such opportunity is the European Union’s (EU’s) just transition policies. However, the EU’s policies fall short in terms of questioning existing socio-economic and power inequalities. Their implementation often relies on technocratic measures and selective expert advice. Particularly in the semiperipheral regions of Central and Eastern Europe, meaningful – as opposed to ‘pro forma’ – participation of all stakeholders in formulating just transition policies is lacking. Using the Czech Republic – a major brown coal producer in the EU – as an illustrative case, we examine the existing obstacles to such meaningful participation and propose how to achieve it. We suggest that meaningful participation requires the direct involvement of diverse, especially underrepresented groups, such as workers in the industries at risk of job losses, and the shifting of the role of experts from a position of privilege to an equal position with non-expert stakeholders. We conclude that involving all affected stakeholders through deliberative methods opens a space to diverse just transition policies. Such policies would create an opportunity to challenge the dominant development narrative proposed by core countries and institutions.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TL05000289" target="_blank" >TL05000289: Budoucnost práce v nízkouhlíkové ekonomice: Perspektivy spravedlivé transformace české energetiky</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal für Entwicklungspolitik

ISSN

0258-2384

e-ISSN

2414-3197

Svazek periodika

39

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3/4

Stát vydavatele periodika

AT - Rakouská republika

Počet stran výsledku

30

Strana od-do

83-112

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85183369685