Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy

This handbook offers a comprehensive transdisciplinary examination of the research and practices that constitute the emerging research agenda in energy democracy. A premier source for all students and researchers interested in the field of energy; including policy, politics, transitions, access, justice, and public participation.

Autorentext

Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker is an associate professor of environmental and science communication at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), USA.

Danielle Endres is a professor of communication and affiliated faculty in environmental humanities at the University of Utah, USA.

Tarla Rai Peterson is a professor of communication and affiliated faculty in environmental science and engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.

Stephanie L. Gomez is an assistant professor of communication studies at Western Washington University, USA.

Inhalt

1. Energy democracy: An introduction Part I: Scalar Dimensions of Power and Governance in Energy Democracy 2. Scalar dimensions of power and governance in energy democracy: Introduction 3. International energy governance: Opportunities and challenges for democratic politics 4. Comparing and contrasting the institutional relationships, regulatory frameworks, and energy system governance of European and U.S. electric cooperatives 5. Energy democracy at the scale of Indigenous governance: Indigenous Native American struggles for democracy, justice, and decolonization 6. Conceptualizing energy democracy using the multiple streams framework: Actors, public participation, and scale in energy transitions 7. Part One response Part II: Discourses of Energy Democracy 8. Discourses of energy democracy: Introduction 9. Energy security: From security of supply to public participation 10. The premise and the promise: "Energy poverty," capabilities, and the language of moral commitments 11. A brief excursion into the many scales and voices of renewable energy colonialism 12. Energy dominance 13. Part Two response Part III: Grassroots and Critical Modes of Action 14. Grassroots and critical modes of action: Introduction 15. The state or the citizens for energy democracy? Municipal and cooperative models in the German energy transition 16. Institutionalizing energy democracy: The promises and pitfalls of electricity co-operative development 17. A feminist lens on energy democracy: Redistributing power and resisting oppression through renewable transformation 18. Energy commons and alternatives to enclosures of sunshine and wind 19. Part Three response Part IV: Democratic and Participatory Principles 20. Democratic and participatory principles of Energy Democracy: Introduction 21. Splitting (over) the atom: Nuclear energy and democratic conflict 22. Public participation and energy system transformations 23. The complex relations between justice and participation in collaborative planning processes for a renewable energy transition 24. Participation in non-democracies: Rural Thailand as a site of energy democracy 25. Part Four response Part V: Energy Resource Tensions 26. Energy resource tensions: Introduction 27. Energy democracy, nuclear power, and participatory knowledge production about radiation risks 28. A fracked society: Multi-state media analysis of hydraulic fracturing in the USA 29. Latin American hydropower sacrifice zones 30. Postcards from the future: Hawaii's transition to wind and solar energy 31. Part Five response Part VI: Energy Democracies in Practice 32. Energy democracies in practice: Introduction 33. Carbon neutral pledges: Public opinions, opportunities, and challenges for energy democracy 34. Beyond the Ivory Tower: Exploring the role of universities towards sustainable energy transitions in post-disaster environments 35. Low carbon energy democracy in the Global South? 36. Energy democracy in practice: Centering energy sovereignty in rural communities and Tribal Nations 37. Part Six response 38. Conclusion: The future of energy democracies 39. Afterword: Energy democracy, Episode 196 of Cultures of Energy Podcast