LEADER 05172nam 22006495 450 001 9910743354503321 005 20251202142951.0 010 $a9789811670732 010 $a9811670730 010 $a9789811670725 010 $a9811670722 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-16-7073-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6884910 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6884910 035 $a(CKB)21078930600041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-16-7073-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921078930600041 100 $a20220207d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEradicating Energy Poverty $eOvercoming 'Barriers' to Decentralized Energy Systems in India /$fby Manashvi Kumar Singh 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (474 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Singh, Manashvi Kumar Eradicating Energy Poverty Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,c2022 9789811670725 327 $aPart 1: Introduction to the Work -- Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework: The world view on energy, energy poverty, access to energy, energy ladder hypotheses, and the constraints of rural electrification policies -- Chapter 2: General profile of the electricity sector, genesis of rural electrification, overview of rural electrification programs, institutions and frameworks, policies, appropriateness of rural electrification, statement of purpose, work details -- Part 2: Research Methodology -- Part 3: Case Studies as a critical component of mixed method research -- Part 4: Collectivism of energy access through local energy needs assessment evidence-based policy -- Part 5: Rural energy collectivism through decentralized energy systems -- Part 6: Conclusion: Overcoming Barriers. 330 $aDr. Manashvi Kumar presents an incredibly nuanced examination of complex and intertwined conditions that are termed as Energy Poverty. An officer of India's elite civil service (Indian Administrative Service) he has used his zeal for ground level social transformation to conduct extensive field-based studies in a vast swath of rural India to produce this remarkably comprehensive and well researched book. Using multiple methods including surveys and quantitative measures as well as careful ethnographic sensibilities, he offers novel insights into the barriers of energy access for the rural poor, and significantly how (political) power and the distribution of (electrical) power are enmeshed. He argues for policy solutions that are sensitive to the micro-dynamics of socio-cultural contexts in which people and power co-exist. -- Professor Navdeep Mathur, Public Systems Group, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Decentralized energysystems paradigm calls for ? a) evidence-based policy for local resource assessment, and b) context-specific energy needs assessment for- overcoming ?barriers? to decentralized energy systems in India. The pristine bedrock of the book comprises theoretical underpinnings of empiricism, behaviourism and realism. These concepts find their extension through inter-disciplinarity, and the mixed methods approach adopted for understanding spaces and cultures of energy consumption. Demand side management in energy sector entails-migration from a target-based (TB) approach towards an evidence-based (EB) approach for designing context-based policies in respect of energy demand, and an associated policy shift from a techno-economic regime towards a socio-technical regime embedded in ?appropriate? contexts. ?Prosumerism holds the key to democratization of energy systems in India.? Dr. Manashvi Kumar belongs to the 2004 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of Punjab cadre. He has an exceptional bachelor?s and master?s degree in earth sciences and an award-winning doctorate in political science. His academic interest spans across subjects pertaining to land, water, energy and power, climate change, regulatory capture, government failure, comparative public policy, inter-disciplinary research, mixed methods research, evidence-based policy and policy analysis. 606 $aPublic administration 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aEnergy policy 606 $aEnergy policy 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aPublic Administration 606 $aPolicy Adoption 606 $aEnergy Policy, Economics and Management 606 $aDevelopment Studies 615 0$aPublic administration. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aEnergy policy. 615 0$aEnergy policy. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 14$aPublic Administration. 615 24$aPolicy Adoption. 615 24$aEnergy Policy, Economics and Management. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 676 $a333.79 700 $aSingh$b Manashvi Kumar$01426887 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910743354503321 996 $aEradicating energy poverty$93559298 997 $aUNINA