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An item response approach to sea‐level rise policy preferences in a nascent subsystem

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  • Kyra Gmoser‐Daskalakis
  • Tyler A. Scott
  • Mark Lubell
  • Francesca P. Vantaggiato

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Sea‐level rise is a “nascent subsystem” with policy actors actively developing initial policy preferences through participation across multiple policy forums in a polycentric system. This paper uses item‐response models to empirically analyze how actors, perceived problems, and preferred policy solutions are related in a latent “policy space”. We focus on California's San Francisco Bay region, where in the last decade, sea‐level rise emerged to become one of the most salient climate adaptation issues. We find that actors and policy preferences are arranged in a two‐dimensional space, with highly engaged actors more likely to consider environmental justice and ecological aspects of sea level rise. Our findings have implications for theories of nascent subsystems within the Advocacy Coalition Framework, and for understanding how a local policy subsystem develops to address and prioritize the multi‐faceted impacts of climate change. El aumento del nivel del mar es un “subsistema naciente” con actores políticos que desarrollan activamente preferencias políticas iniciales a través de la participación en múltiples foros políticos en un sistema policéntrico. Este documento utiliza modelos de respuesta a ítems para analizar empíricamente cómo los actores, los problemas percibidos y las soluciones políticas preferidas se relacionan en un “espacio de políticas” latente. Nos enfocamos en la región de la Bahía de San Francisco en California, donde en la última década, el aumento del nivel del mar se convirtió en uno de los problemas de adaptación climática más destacados. Encontramos que los actores y las preferencias políticas están organizados en un espacio bidimensional, con actores altamente comprometidos que tienen más probabilidades de considerar la justicia ambiental y los aspectos ecológicos del aumento del nivel del mar. Nuestros hallazgos tienen implicaciones para las teorías de los subsistemas nacientes dentro del Marco de la Coalición de Defensa y para comprender cómo se desarrolla un subsistema de políticas locales para abordar y priorizar los impactos multifacéticos del cambio climático. 海平面上升是一个“新生子系统”,其中,政策行动者通过参与多中心系统中的多个政策论坛来积极制定初始政策偏好。本文使用项目反应模型来实证分析行动者、感知问题和首选政策解决方案在潜在的“政策空间”中如何产生联系。我们聚焦于加利福尼亚旧金山湾区,过去十年中,海平面上升成为该地区最突出的气候适应问题之一。我们发现,行动者和政策偏好被安排​​在一个二维空间中,其中高度参与的行动者更有可能考量环境正义与海平面上升的生态方面。我们的研究结果对倡导联盟框架内的新生子系统理论具有意义,并对“理解地方政策子系统如何发展以解决和优先考虑气候变化的多方面影响”一事具有启示。

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  • Kyra Gmoser‐Daskalakis & Tyler A. Scott & Mark Lubell & Francesca P. Vantaggiato, 2023. "An item response approach to sea‐level rise policy preferences in a nascent subsystem," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 40(6), pages 972-1003, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:40:y:2023:i:6:p:972-1003
    DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12520
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