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- Isaksson, Elias
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Exploring growth as a central representation in sustainable transport discourse
- 2023
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Ingår i: Discourse analysis in transport and urban development. - : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781802207194 - 9781802207200 ; , s. 24-38
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Growth is explored as a central representation in the discourse of sustainable transport. The purpose is to investigate the relationships between mobility, sustainability and growth in the Swedish transport policy from 2015, the urban environment agreement. A discourse-analytical approach is used to theorise the relations between key concepts, mainly focusing on the different constructions of growth and how these are linked to mobility and sustainability within the discourse. The results demonstrate the hegemonic position of growth in the urban environment agreement, theorised through the concept of the wheel of growth. It is argued that, although the connection between mobility and sustainability is crucial in the policy discourse, it needs to be understood in relation to the multiple representations of growth. Finally, the three discursive logics - the logic of provision, the logic of patronage and the logic of fuel change - are proposed to capture the solutions available in this discourse dominated by growth.
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- Isaksson, Karolina, 1973-, et al.
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Discursive power dynamics affecting how climate targets are framed and integrated in national transport planning : The case of Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: Discourse Analysis in Transport and Urban Development. - : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. - 9781802207194 - 9781802207200 ; , s. 39-51
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Discursive power dynamics are explored that shape dominant meanings and understandings related to climate mitigation in national transport policy and planning. The research is carried out as a Foucauldian-inspired discourse analysis of policy and planning documents from national transport planning in Sweden, focusing on the recent and ongoing rounds of national transport planning. The meanings, problem definitions and suggestions about possible and reasonable ways forward for climate mitigation are examined within the documentation, with specific attention given to the framing of strategic choices and priorities for the future. Five dominant themes are identified on climate mitigation that permeate the documents from national transport policy and planning. Altogether, the discursive framings and meaning making has led to a situation where deep political issues and strategic choices are being avoided and not dealt with explicitly. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion on the need for a changed practice of transport politics and planning.
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