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Evidence in the networked governance of regional decarbonisation: A critical appraisal
Weller, Sally Tierney, John
Weller, Sally
Tierney, John
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This paper examines the use of evidence in collaborative policy making focusing on the challenges of implementing national decarbonisation policies in regional areas. Its case study of a staged policy intervention to promote the ‘transition to a low carbon economy’ in Victoria's coal‐dependent Latrobe Valley reveals the selective use of evidence to support policy directions that emerged from the interaction of policy knowledge and the political mood. The paper shows how local conditions can be manipulated to enable the production of evidence consistent with the policy objective, but also suggests that despite combining orchestrated evidence with customised forms of networked governance, it is not possible to suppress or deflect unresolved political disagreements.
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evidence-based policy, policy-led evidence, decarbonisation, Latrobe Valley
Date
2018
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Australian Journal of Public Administration
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77
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2
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280-293
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