Politics and Governance of Decarbonization

Karin Bäckstrand is a Professor in Environmental Social Science in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm. She is a former member of the Swedish Climate Policy Council. Her research revolves around global environmental politics, the democratic legitimacy of global governance and the role of non-state actors in climate change governance. Jens Marquardt is a postdoctoral researcher and Athene Young Investigator at the Technical University of Darmstadt, where he leads a junior research group on politicization. Trained in political science and science and technology studies, his research revolves around climate and environmental politics, and related societal conflicts and contestation. Naghmeh Nasiritousi is Associate Professor in Political Science, based at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs and Uppsala University. Her research focuses on climate change politics, issues of effectiveness and legitimacy in global climate and energy governance, as well as the roles of non-state actors in environmental governance. Oscar Widerberg is Associate Professor in Environmental Politics and Policy at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). His research focuses on networks and institutional complexity in global governance for sustainability and climate change.

• 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 emissions 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.