TY - JOUR
T1 - Gradualist best practice in wind power policy
AU - Valentine, Scott Victor
N1 - Funding Information:
The author wishes to thank Dr. Gautam Dutt for valuable feedback in the revision of this paper and an anonymous reviewer for encouraging deeper reflection. The author also acknowledges the Alliance for Global Sustainability at the University of Tokyo for financial support in presenting the research upon which this paper is based. Opinions and errors remain solely with the author.
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - This paper introduces and examines a conceptual dialectic between best practice and gradualism in regard to wind power policymaking strategy. It attempts to ascertain the extent to which either of these two strategies is evident in actual applied policy experience. To do so, the study presents an overview of wind power policy in Denmark from the inception of its modern day program to the present time. It concludes that both best practice and gradualist strategies were evident during the evolution of Denmark's wind power development and that the concept of "gradualist best practice" better explains the Danish wind power policymaking strategy. This article concludes with a discussion of how this reconceptualization helps improve an understanding of policymaking and helps overcome weaknesses of best practice or gradualist strategies applied in isolation of each other.
AB - This paper introduces and examines a conceptual dialectic between best practice and gradualism in regard to wind power policymaking strategy. It attempts to ascertain the extent to which either of these two strategies is evident in actual applied policy experience. To do so, the study presents an overview of wind power policy in Denmark from the inception of its modern day program to the present time. It concludes that both best practice and gradualist strategies were evident during the evolution of Denmark's wind power development and that the concept of "gradualist best practice" better explains the Danish wind power policymaking strategy. This article concludes with a discussion of how this reconceptualization helps improve an understanding of policymaking and helps overcome weaknesses of best practice or gradualist strategies applied in isolation of each other.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.esd.2013.11.003
DO - 10.1016/j.esd.2013.11.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84905507152
SN - 0973-0826
VL - 22
SP - 74
EP - 84
JO - Energy for Sustainable Development
JF - Energy for Sustainable Development
IS - 1
ER -
