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  Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany

Bues, A.(2020): Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany, London : Routledge, 212 p.

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Bues, Andrea1, Author              
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1Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, ou_persistent13              

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 Abstract: Taking a comparative case study approach between Canada and Germany, this book investigates the contrasting response of governments to anti-wind movements. Environmental social movements have been critical players for encouraging the shift towards increased use of renewable energy. However, social movements mobilizing against the installation of wind turbines have now become a major obstacle to their increased deployment. Andrea Bues draws on a cross-Atlantic comparative analysis to investigate the different contexts of contentious energy policy. Focusing on two sub-national forerunner regions in installed wind power capacity – Brandenburg and Ontario – Bues draws on social movement theory to explore the concept of discursive energy space and propose explanations as to why governments respond differently to social movements. Overall, Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada and Germany offers a novel conceptualization of discursive-institutional contexts of contentious energy politics and helps better understand protest against renewable energy policy. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of renewable energy policy, sustainability and climate change politics, social movement studies and environmental sociology.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020-07-14
 Publication Status: Finally published
 Pages: 212
 Publishing info: London : Routledge
 Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Renewable Energy Politics and Protest

2. Contentious Wind Energy and Context

3. Renewable Energy Policy and Politics in Canada and Germany

4. Larger Setbacks, Saving the Forests: The Anti-Wind Movement in Germany, Case Study Brandenburg

5. Preserving Health, Curbing Costs: The Anti-Wind Movement in Canada, Case Study Ontario

6. Contention in Context: Governmental Response to Social Movements

7. Conclusion: The Changing Winds of Discourses on Decarbonization
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PIKDOMAIN: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
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