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ID197515
Title ProperIR, climate politics, and change
Other Title Informationopportunities for productive engagement?
LanguageENG
AuthorBernstein, Steven
Summary / Abstract (Note)‘Change’ or ‘transformation’ are longstanding preoccupations of both International Relations (IR) and global climate change politics scholarship. Yet, the two fields largely occupy independent axiological, epistemological, normative, and ontological spaces that have led to misunderstandings, mutual criticisms, and a lack of serious engagement on these questions. The result is missed opportunities to transform IR, misdiagnoses of political dynamics of climate change, and, perversely, the limited influence of political analysis on wider climate change scholarship. This article identifies understandings of change and transformation relevant to both fields and introduces a productive epistemological and ontological shift for analyzing and normatively engaging with change in the face of uncertainty. It then introduces practical research strategies for policy-relevant and forward-looking scholarship that moves from explaining change to identifying causal logics and dynamic processes that can reinforce (or undermine) change and transformation. It concludes with illustrative analyzes of trajectories and possible limits of two macro policy changes with transformative potential: the 1.5-degree Celsius aspirational target in the Paris Agreement, and the proliferation of ‘net zero’ policies around the world.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Relations Vol. 38, No.3; Sep 2024: p.349 - 368
Journal SourceInternational Relations Vol: 38 No 3
Key WordsTransformation ;  Epistemology ;  International Change ;  Ontology ;  Climate Change Politics ;  forward reasoning


 
 
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