Institutional Logic And Construction Of Cross Regional Carbon Emissions Trading

Air pollution has become an important task of social governance.As one of the important means of air pollution control,carbon emissions trading has been initially implemented in China with little success.However,under the mode of social governance based on the combination of authority and modernization in C hina,the development of carbon emissions trading is still facing many difficulties,and the progress is slower than expected.Based on this,this paper attempts to take cross regional carbon emissions trading in Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei as the research object and to explore what the actors’ behaviors and strategies which are induced and shaped by the stable institutional arrangements and norms in the practice of cross regional carbon emissions trading.Meanwhile we can unscramble that carbon emissions trading dilemmas are solidified in the formal rules and procedures,or are influenced by the interaction and the game from the main actors in the carbon emissions trading.From the sociological perspective,using Bourdieu’s field theory and his institutional analysis paradigm,taking institutional logic as the analytical framework and starting from the institutional background of the social governance system in China,this paper focuses on the interactive process and strategy choices of different actors in the process of cross regional carbon emissions trading.The study founds that the cross regional carbon emissions trading exists in an interactive field.Among the five different actors,the state,the local government,the enterprises,the carbon exchanges and the social supervision groups form a tangible,invisible alliance,or use various resources to achieve mutual benefits.The forms of their behavior strategies often include competition,alliance,exercise of power,cooperation and so on.The differences between these behavioral strategies and institutional norms lead to the emergence of the realistic predicament of cross regional carbon emissions trading.Meanwhile,it also promotes the institutional change and perfection of the cross regional carbon emissions trading field.The interpretation of these problems is to explore the common action strategies and logic in C hina’s carbon emissions trading,to broaden the thinking of research mechanism from the perspective of institutional logic,and to study further on the social factors behind the carbon emissions trading.Furthermore,it may provides some reference suggestions to avoid social contradictions and improve the carbon emissions trading mechanism.