Karin Bäckstrand is Professor of Environmental Social Science at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and a researcher at the Institute for Future Studies in Sweden.
Cornelia Fast is a PhD candidate at the Department of Environmental Policy Analysis (EPA) at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU).
Veronica Brodén Gyberg is Associate Professor at the Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change, Linköping University, Sweden.
Eva Lövbrand is Professor at the Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change, Linköping University, Sweden.
Jens Marquardt, is a senior researcher at the Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
Matilda Miljand is a postdoctoral researcher in Political Science at Stockholm University and the Institute for Futures Studies.
Naghmeh Nasiritousi is a senior lecturer at the Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change, Linköping University and a research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
Oscar Widerberg is Associate Professor in Environmental Politics and Policy at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU).

Book contents
- The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization
- The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: State and Non-state Relations in Governing toward Decarbonization
- 2 The Interplay between the State and Non-state Actors in the Governance of Decarbonization: An Analytical Framework
- 3 Sweden’s Emissions and Climate Policy in an International Context
- 4 Politics and Governance of Sweden’s Transformation toward a Fossil-Free Welfare State
- 5 Climate Networks to the Rescue? Exploring Stakeholder Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Collaborative Climate Governance
- 6 All Aboard? Inclusiveness in Collaborative Governance among Swedish Municipalities
- 7 Zeroing In on Cities: The Politics of Aspiration and Delay in Net-Zero Emission Targets of Swedish Municipalities
- 8 In the Shadow of an Oil Refinery: Narrating Just Transitions in the City of Lysekil
- 9 Turning a Crisis into an Opportunity? How Swedish Climate Networks Navigate through Crisis
- 10 The State and Collaborative Climate Governance: Prospects and Limitations
- Index
Contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2024
- The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization
- The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: State and Non-state Relations in Governing toward Decarbonization
- 2 The Interplay between the State and Non-state Actors in the Governance of Decarbonization: An Analytical Framework
- 3 Sweden’s Emissions and Climate Policy in an International Context
- 4 Politics and Governance of Sweden’s Transformation toward a Fossil-Free Welfare State
- 5 Climate Networks to the Rescue? Exploring Stakeholder Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Collaborative Climate Governance
- 6 All Aboard? Inclusiveness in Collaborative Governance among Swedish Municipalities
- 7 Zeroing In on Cities: The Politics of Aspiration and Delay in Net-Zero Emission Targets of Swedish Municipalities
- 8 In the Shadow of an Oil Refinery: Narrating Just Transitions in the City of Lysekil
- 9 Turning a Crisis into an Opportunity? How Swedish Climate Networks Navigate through Crisis
- 10 The State and Collaborative Climate Governance: Prospects and Limitations
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Politics and Governance of DecarbonizationThe Interplay between State and Non-State Actors in Sweden, pp. xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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