04426nam 2200865I 450 991082288640332120230124201922.01-315-52337-X1-315-52335-3(CKB)4340000000262042(MiAaPQ)EBC5330117(OCoLC)1030032295(FlBoTFG)9781315523378(EXLCZ)99434000000026204220181224d2018 uy 0engur||| |||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLow Carbon Politics A Cultural Approach Focusing on Low Carbon Electricity /by David TokeFirst edition.Boca Raton, FL :Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge,2018.1 online resource (182 pages) 16 illustrations, text file, PDFRoutledge Studies in Energy Policy1-315-52336-1 1-138-69677-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Setting out cultural theory -- --Chapter 3 - Culture, Ecology and Energy -- --Chapter 4 - Science, Climate Politics and Cultural Bias -- --Chapter 5 - The importance of egalitarianism -- --Chapter 6 - The USA -- --Chapter 7 - The UK -- --Chapter 8 - China -- --Chapter 9 - South Africa -- --Chapter 10 - Conclusion.Low Carbon Politics focuses on how policies and institutions have influenced the deployment of renewable energy and nuclear power in the electricity sector. Cultural theory is used to analyse this. Egalitarian pressures have had a profound influence on technological outcomes, not merely in securing the deployment of renewable energy but also in increasing the costs of nuclear power. Whereas in the 1970s it might have been expected that individualist, market based pressures allied to dominant hierarchies would deliver nuclear power as the main response to problems associated with fossil fuels, a surprising combination has emerged. Egalitarian and individualist pressures are, together, leading to increasing levels of deployment of renewable energy. This work finds that electricity monopolies tend to favour nuclear power whereas competitive arrangements are more likely to lead to more renewable energy being deployed. It covers developments in a number of countries including USA, UK, China, South Africa and also Germany and Denmark. This book will be of great relevance to students, academics and policymakers with an interest in energy policy, low carbon politics and climate change.Routledge Studies in Energy Policy.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental PolicybisacshClimate Changebisacshcultural theorybisacshEnvironmental economicsbisacshEnvironmental policybisacshEnvironmental studiesbisacshegalitarian framesbisacshelectricity sectorbisacshenergy politicsbisacshhierarchical framesbisacshindividualist framesbisacshlow carbon politicsbisacshnuclear powerbisacshrenewable energybisacshSustainabilitybisacshRenewable energy sourcesElectric power productionBUSINESS & ECONOMICSReal EstateGeneralPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.Climate Change.cultural theory.Environmental economics.Environmental policy.Environmental studies.egalitarian frames.electricity sector.energy politics.hierarchical frames.individualist frames.low carbon politics.nuclear power.renewable energy.Sustainability.Renewable energy sources.Electric power production.BUSINESS & ECONOMICSReal Estate333.79/4Toke David 1092602FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910822886403321Low Carbon Politics4119941UNINA