Research handbook on energy and society / edited by Janette Webb, Faye Wade, Margaret Tingey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Webb, Janette, editor.

Wade, Faye, editor.

Tingey, Margaret, editor.

Series:

Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy policy--Social aspects.

Energy policy.

Power resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

This incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination of current research in the field from fifty expert international contributors, it offers important insights into the inter-connections between the globally organised fossil fuel energy system and the changing structures of society.

Contents:

Front Matter

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Contents

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1. Introduction to Research Handbook on Energy and Society: why study energy and society?

PART I ENERGY SERVICES AND THE MAKING OF MARKETS

2. Socio-technical transitions from coal and gas: an unfinished story

3. This land is our land: understanding energy nationalism

4. The making of energy consumers: from mutual provisioning to mass markets and beyond

5. Services revisited: what is energy for?

6. Heating system transformation in Europe: accelerating sources of path dependence to escape carbon lock-in

7. The redesign of electricity markets under EU influence: the capacity mechanism in Britain and France

8. Pivoting toward Energy Transition 2.0: learning from electricity

PART II SOCIAL DIMENSIONS IN ENERGY AND SOCIETY

9. Why rationale matters in energy and climate policy

10. Access to energy: the contribution of the social sciences to delivering energy equity and justice

11. Gender and solar energy in India's low-carbon energy transition

12. Contextualizing Nussbaumer via Nussbaum: unveiling a multi-disciplinary, human capabilities-centred approach to energy poverty from Mexico

13. Closing the gender gaps in energy sector recruitment, retention and advancement

14. Social divisions in energy justice in the transport sector: personal car ownership and use

PART III ENERGY GOVERNANCE, POLICIES AND POLITICS

15. Will China deliver urban 'ecological civilisation'?

16. Energy transitions and multi-level governance: how has devolution in the United Kingdom affected renewable energy development?

17. Local heat and energy efficiency policy: ambiguity and ambivalence in England and Scotland

18. Energy policy for buildings fit for the future.

19. How non-energy policies shape demand for energy

20. Debating energy futures on Lewis: energy transition, the politics of land use and law, and the question of the commons

PART IV CLIMATE CONSEQUENCES AND ENERGY FUTURES

21. Knowledge infrastructures for sustainable energy transitions: marine renewable energy in Scotland

22. 'A little self-sufficient town close to the beach': local energy system transformation through the lens of place and public things

23. Disrupting markets with peer-to-peer energy trading

24. Making energy futures at the edge of the grid: smart energy innovation in rural communities

25. Energy futures: understanding integrated energy systems modelling

26. How stories of the future impact energy and climate policy in the present

27. Conclusions and new directions for energy and society research

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Webb, Janette Research Handbook on Energy and Society

ISBN:

1-83910-071-0

OCLC:

1289370771