scholarly journals Causes of changes in Nuclear energy policy in Korea and Japan since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: Return to previous policy by path dependence and policy changes because of government changes

2019 ◽  
Vol null (15) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
진희원
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Path Dependence ◽  
Nuclear Accident ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy

scholarly journals Policy beyond politics? Public opinion, party politics and the French pro-nuclear energy policy

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvain Brouard ◽  
Isabelle Guinaudeau
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Path Dependence ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
The Media ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy

AbstractAt first sight, French nuclear energy policy offers a textbook example of how technical, constitutional and economic restrictions, powerful interest groups and path dependence constrain democratic responsiveness. This paper uses what might seem to be an unlikely case in order to question explanations of policy choices in terms of technocracy, path dependence and interest groups against the background of an under-estimated factor: party and coalition strategies. The original data collected on public attitudes towards nuclear energy and the attention dedicated to this issue in the media, as well as in the parliamentary and electoral arenas, show that the effect of public opinion is conditioned by party incentives to politicise the issue at stake. In other words, parties and coalition-making constraints act as a mediating variable between citizens’ preferences and policy choices. These findings point to the need to integrate this conditional variable into analyses of responsiveness and models of policymaking.

Understanding Policy Reversals and Policy Stability

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Path Dependence ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Nuclear Accidents ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy ◽  
Change Concerns

This chapter discusses structural, institutional, and situational factors that exercise influence on nuclear energy policy decisions. It reviews the respective literatures and introduces the dependent variable, i.e. nuclear energy policy reversals. Building in particular on the work of Kitschelt (1986) and Midttun and Rucht (1994), the chapter then discusses the explanatory variables that potentially drive such changes: anti-nuclear movements, public opinion, the systems’ electoral and federal openness, political parties’ vote-seeking, principled ideological goals, or office-seeking, new policy challenges in terms of energy policy and climate change concerns, nuclear accidents, and path dependence due to the countries investment in nuclear energy. Hypotheses are formulated for how these factors impact nuclear energy policy-making.

Why Italian Nuclear Energy Policy Failed Twice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Franchino
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Coalition Politics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Nuclear Energy Policy ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Fukushima Disaster

The history of nuclear energy policy in Italy is characterized by major shifts. After being a world leader in nuclear energy production in the 1960s, the country stopped its programme in the 1980s. An attempt at rejuvenating and expanding nuclear energy in the early 2000s came to an end after the Fukushima disaster. In both instances a referendum was held. Party competition, coalition politics, changes in government, and Italy’s institutional features, in particular the provisions for holding referendums, are the main factors explaining these policy reversals. The chapter concludes that a relaunch of the nuclear energy programme does not seem impossible, but is unlikely for the foreseeable future.

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