What is energy democracy? Connecting social science energy research and political theory
What is energy democracy? Connecting social science energy research and political theory
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什么是能源民主？
DOI：
10.1016/j.erss.2018.06.010
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
D. van der Horst
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作者：
B. van Veelen;D. van der Horst
近年来，“能源民主”一词越来越受欢迎，特别是在低碳转型的背景下，包括更广泛的社会经济和政治转型。因此，“能源民主”的出现是研究和实践中更广泛趋势的一部分，这种趋势试图突出政治的“东西”。然而，与能源正义和能源公民权等更学术化的概念不同，能源民主是一个主要来自社会运动的概念。这导致了一系列文献与既定的学术辩论和理论几乎没有联系。这一概念的日益普及要求对这一术语及其使用方式进行批判性评价。通过回顾现有的能源民主出版物，并将其与更多的理论文献进行对话，我们试图解决四个问题：追求能源民主的理由，参与和排除的人民和利益相关者，能源民主的拟议物质重点，以及能源民主的地理重点。在随后的讨论中，我们绘制能源民主，社会科学能源研究和政治理论的日益增长的身体之间的联系，并确定进一步研究的途径。
In recent years the term ‘energy democracy’ has become increasingly popular, especially in the context of aspirations for a low-carbon transition that include wider socio-economic and political transformation. The emergence of ‘energy democracy’ is thus part of a broader trend in research and practice which has sought to foreground the ‘stuff’ of politics. Yet, unlike the more academically developed concepts of energy justice and energy citizenship, energy democracy is a concept that emerged largely from social movements. This has resulted in a body of literature with little connection to established academic debates and theories. The growing popularity of the concept calls for a critical evaluation of the term and how it is used. By reviewing existing energy democracy publications and bringing these in conversations with more theoretical literature, we are seeking to address four issues; the rationale for pursuing energy democracy, the people and stakeholders involved and excluded, the proposed material focus of energy democracy, and the geographical focus of energy democracy. In the subsequent discussion we draw connections between energy democracy, the growing body of social science energy research and political theory, and identify avenues for further research.