Imagined publics and engagement around renewable energy technologies in the UK
Imagined publics and engagement around renewable energy technologies in the UK
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DOI：
10.1177/0963662510365663
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Cass, Noel
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作者：
Barnett, Julie;Burningham, Kate;Cass, Noel
在能源社会技术系统体制框架内的行为者必须与公众接触的背景下，本文件的目的是考虑接触的原则和做法与正在与之接触的假想公众的性质之间的相互依存关系。基于对19个可再生能源行业参与者的访谈，本文探讨了公众如何在公众参与的理念、功能和机制的构建中发挥作用。确定了三个主要主题。首先，人们认为接触的必要性--这并不取决于公众的反应能力。其次，参与主要是根据提供信息和解决公众关切的工具性动机来概念化的。第三，对参与机制的偏好往往是归因于想象中的公众的具体特征的函数。考虑了这一分析对未来围绕可再生能源技术选址的影响。
Against the backdrop of the imperatives for actors within the institutional framework of energy socio-technical systems to engage with the public, the aim of this paper is to consider interdependencies between the principles and practice of engagement and the nature of the imagined publics with whom engagement is being undertaken. Based on an analysis of 19 interviews with actors in the renewable energy industry, the paper explores how publics are imagined in the construction of the rationales, functions and mechanisms for public engagement. Three main themes are identified. First, the perceived necessity of engagement - which is not contingent on public responsiveness. Second, engagement is primarily conceptualised in terms of instrumental motives of providing information and addressing public concern. Third, preferences for engagement mechanisms were often a function of the specific characteristics attributed to imagined publics. Implications of this analysis for future engagement around siting renewable energy technologies are considered.