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NORDENSON, JON
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Between Populism and (Electric) Power: Reconciling a Green Shift and Popular Legitimacy in Kuwait
/ Nordenson, Jon
Nordenson, Jon
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Kuwait faces the double challenge of potentially destabilising effects of climate change as well as a changing international energy market in favour of renewables that may threaten the foundation of the oil-based economies dominating the region. Both these challenges point to the need for a transition towards more renewable energy sources and not least more sustainable patterns of energy consumption –– a transition that will be demanding for state and society alike. A successful green shift depends on a certain level of popular support or acceptance, yet it has proven difficult for the Kuwaiti government to gain support for their proposed solutions, and to reconcile the necessary changes with the existing relationship between state and society. This paper explores these challenges by studying public discourse concerning two contentious issues that are at the heart of the government’s economic reforms and of Kuwait’s planned efforts to cut GHG-emissions, namely fuel subsidy reform, and water and electricity conservation.
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GCC
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Kuwait
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Climate Change
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Discourse
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Rentier State
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The Green Shift
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Print media liberalization and electoral coverage bias in Kuwait
/ Selvik, Kjetil; Nordenson, Jon; Kebede, Tewodros Aragie
Selvik, Kjetil
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The article discusses the political effect of print media liberalization in Kuwait based on content analysis of Arabic language newspapers in the 2009 parliamentary election. The analysis found no systematic favoring of pro-government candidates in electoral coverage, but did find a statistically significant bias for candidates from the ruling, non-Bedouin hadari class, at the expense of the Bedouin tribal population. This article points to there being structural obstacles to democracy in Kuwait that cannot be overcome only by the liberalization of the press through legislation.
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Kuwait
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Liberalization
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Print Media
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Parliamentary Election
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Electoral Coverage
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Political Effect
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Arabic Language Newspapers
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2009
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