Conceptualizing Germany S Energy Transition: Institutions, Materiality, Power, Space

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-70075-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 147 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

This is the first book to

explore ways of conceptualizing Germany’s ongoing energy transition. Although

widely acclaimed in policy and research circles worldwide, the Energiewende is poorly understood in

terms of social science scholarship. There is an urgent need to delve beyond

descriptive accounts of policy implementation and contestation in order to

unpack the deeper issues at play in what has been termed a 'grand societal

transformation.' The authors approach this in three ways: First, they select and

characterize conceptual approaches suited to interpreting the reordering of

institutional arrangements, socio-material configurations, power relations and

spatial structures of energy systems in Germany and beyond. Second, they assess the value of

these concepts in describing and explaining energy transitions, pinpointing their

relative strengths and weaknesses and exploring areas of complementarity and

incompatibility. Third, they illustrate how these concepts can be applied – individually and in

combination – to enrich empirical research of Germany’s energy transition.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gailing, Ludger

Moss, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Energiewirtschaft: Alternative & Erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energieverteilung, Stromnetze
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energienutzung, Energiegewinnung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction; Timothy Moss and Ludger Gailing.- Chapter 2: Germany's Energiewende and the spatial configuration of an energy system; Ludger Gailing and Andreas Röhring.- Chapter 3: Energy transitions and institutional change: between structure and agency; Sören Becker, Ross Beveridge and Andreas Röhring.- Chapter 4: Energy transitions and materiality: between dispositives, assemblages and metabolisms; Timothy Moss, Sören Becker and Ludger Gailing.- Chapter 5: Energy transitions and power: between governmentality and depoliticization; Andrea Bues and Ludger Gailing.- Chapter 6: The importance of space: towards a socio-material and political geography of energy transitions; Sören Becker, Timothy Moss and Matthias Naumann.- Chapter 7: Conclusions and outlook for future energy transitions research; Ludger Gailing and Timothy Moss.-

Über Autor(innen)

Ludger Gailing is deputy head of the research department of Institutional Change and Regional Public Goods at the Leibniz Institute for Research
on Society and Space (IRS), Germany. In his
work he draws on concepts relating to governance and institutional theories, constructivist
perspectives on space and place, governmentality and socio-materiality. Current
research foci include energy transitions and landscape policies.

Timothy Moss is head of the research department of Institutional Change and Regional Public Goods at the Leibniz Institute for Research
on Society and Space (IRS), Germany. His research
interests span the governance of urban infrastructures past and present, the
spatial organization of water and energy and the institutional dynamics of
resource use in cities and regions.