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Responsive accommodation is a political strategy that addresses concerns about a policy proposal by incorporating amendments that address those concerns. This approach can broaden the policy’s appeal, but is strategically risky, as it can alienate the policy’s base of support. We examine this strategy and its application in the politics of climate change. Using a novel survey experiment, relative public support is evaluated for two amendments to a carbon tax proposal – revenue neutrality assurances and a carbon tariff – designed to ease concerns about taxes and global competitiveness.
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Climate policies such as carbon taxes are enormously popular among some voters, while other voters harbor deep concerns about them. This paper examines how policy amendments that are designed to address those concerns can increase support for the overall policy, but not always. Such responsive accommodation is an important strategy that policy entrepreneurs can deploy in order to increase support for their initiatives, but they must be careful to avoid backlash from original supporters of their efforts.
Dr. Graham D Bullock
Davidson College
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This page is a summary of: Addressing concerns about climate policies: the possibilities and perils of responsive accommodation, Environmental Politics, August 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2017.1365416.
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