Applying the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions to rentier states: the case of renewable energy transitions in Nigeria
Applying the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions to rentier states: the case of renewable energy transitions in Nigeria
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将社会技术转型的多层次视角应用于食利国：尼日利亚可再生能源转型的案例
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2017
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通讯作者：
A. Kalfagianni
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作者：
O. Osunmuyiwa;F. Biermann;A. Kalfagianni
尽管近年来对能源转型进行了大量研究，但它们主要是在工业化国家开发和应用的。然而，重要的是审查目前所制订的过渡理论在经合发组织国家以外的适用性。本文以尼日利亚为例，分析了非洲的可再生能源转型，以阐明可持续转型研究在发展中国家，特别是食利国家面临的分析和方法挑战。在此过程中，本文采用了社会技术转型的多层次视角（MLP）——这是一个成熟的理论，强调“利基”、“制度”和“景观”在建立转型中的作用。基于对尼日利亚的详细分析，我们主张对“政权”结构进行更细致入微的调查，以更好地解释国家的食利者特征，包括政治精英的角色和普遍的客户-赞助人关系。因此，我们的论文通过关注能源转型的政治维度，为进一步完善和丰富MLP做出了重要贡献。
ABSTRACT Although numerous studies have been conducted in recent years on energy transitions, they have been predominately developed and applied in industrialized countries. It is however important to examine the applicability of transition theories, as they are currently formulated, beyond OECD countries. This paper analyses renewable energy transitions in Africa, using Nigeria as a case study, to elucidate the analytical and methodological challenges that sustainability transition studies are facing in developing countries, particularly rentier states. In doing so, the paper employs the lens of the multi-level perspective (MLP) on socio-technical transitions - a well-established theory that emphasizes the role of ‘niches’, ‘regimes’ and ‘landscapes’ in instituting transitions. Based on a detailed analysis of Nigeria, we argue for a more nuanced enquiry of the construct ‘regime’ that better accounts for the rentier character of the state including the role of political elites and prevalent client-patron relationships. As such, our paper makes an important contribution to the further refinement and enrichment of the MLP by focusing on the political dimensions of energy transitions.
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4.2
作者：
Baker, Lucy;Newell, Peter;Phillips, Jon
通讯作者：
Phillips, Jon