Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions: Practices of legitimation and accountable governance

Sareen, Siddharth (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 303026890X / ISBN 13: 9783030268909

Published by Palgrave Pivot, 2019

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168 pages. 8.25x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions: Practices of legitimation and accountable governance
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303026890X
• ISBN 13: 9783030268909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.37 kilograms

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Synopsis

This open access book reframes sustainable energy transitions as being a matter of resolving accountability crises. It demonstrates how the empirical study of several practices of legitimation can analytically deconstruct energy transitions, and presents a typology of these practices to help determine whether energy transitions contribute to sustainability.

The real-world challenge of climate change requires sustainable energy transitions. This presents a crisis of accountability legitimated through situated practices in a wide range of cases including: solar energy transitions in Portugal, urban energy transitions in Germany, forestland conflicts in Indonesia, urban carbon emission targets in Norway, transport electrification in the Nordic region, and biodiversity conservation and energy extraction in the USA. By synthesising these cases, chapters identify various dimensions wherein practices of legitimation construct specific accountability relations. This book deftly illustrates the value of an analytical approach focused on accountable governance to enable sustainable energy transitions. It will be of great use to both academics and practitioners working in the field of energy transitions.

About the Author

Siddharth Sareen is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation at the University of Bergen, Norway.