The political economy of clear energy transitions /

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Other Authors: Arent, Douglas (ed.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017
Series:UNU-wider studies in development economics
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions: 1:Introduction and Synthesis, Douglas Arent, Channing Arndt, Mackay Miller, Finn Tarp, and Owen Zinaman
  • 2:The history and politics of energy transitions: Comparing contested views and finding common ground, Benjamin K. Sovacool
  • Part II. Climate Policy:3:Carbon pricing under political Constraints: insights for accelerating clean energy transitions, Jesse D. Jenkins and Valerie J. Karplus
  • 4:Border adjustment mechanisms: Elements for economic, legal, and political analysis, Julien Bueb, Lilian Richieri Hanania, and Alice Le Clézio 5:Support policies for renewables: Instrument choice and instrument change from a public choice perspective, Erik Gawel, Sebastian Strunz, and Paul Lehmann
  • Part III. Institutions and Governance 6:Varieties of clean energy transitions in Europe: Political-economic foundations of onshore and offshore wind development, Stefan Cetkovic, Aron Buzogány, and Miranda Schreurs - 7:The political economy of energy innovation, Shouro Dasgupta, Enrica De Cian, and Elena Verdolini
  • 8:Is feed-in-tariff policy effective for increasing deployment of renewable energy in Indonesia?, Dewi Yuliani
  • 9:Do political economy factors matter in explaining the increase in the production of bioenergy?, Éric Nazindigouba Kere
  • 10:Understanding indicator choice for the assessment of RD&D financing of low-carbon energy technologies: Lessons from the Nordic countries, Jonas Sonnenschein
  • 11:An inquiry into the political economy of the global clean energy transition policies and Nigeria's federal and state governments' fiscal policies, David Onyinyechi Agu and Evelyn Nwamaka Ogbeide-Osaretin
  • Part IV. Actors and Interests
  • 12:Governing clean energy transitions in China and India, Karoliina Isoaho, Alexandra Goritz, and Nicolai Schulz political economy framework for wind power: Does China break the mould?, Michael R. Davidson, Fredrich Kahrl, and Valerie J. Karplus
  • 14:The social shaping of nuclear energy technology in South Africa, Britta Rennkamp and Radhika Bhuyan
  • 15:European energy security: challenges and green opportunities, Almas Heshmati and Shahrouz Abolhosseini
  • Part V. Incumbency
  • 16:Incumbancy and the legal configuration of hydrocarbon infrastructure, Ross Astoria
  • 17:Global trends in the political economy of smart grids, Cherrelle Eid, Rudi Hakvoort, Martin de Jong
  • 18:Falling oil prices and sustainable energy transition: Towards a multilateral agreement on fossil-fuel subsidies, Henok Birhanu Asmelash
  • Part VI. Sector Reform
  • 19:Post-apartheid electricity policy and the emergence of South Africa's renewable energy sector, Lucy Baker
  • 20:Political economy of Nigerian power sector reform, Eric Kehinde Ogunleye 21:Climate change policy and power sector reform in Mexico under the golden age of gas, José María Valenzuela and Isabel Studer
  • 22:Sell the oil deposits! A financial proposal to keep the oil underground in the Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, Santiago Bucaram, Mario Andrés Fernández, and Diego Grijalva Part VII. Social Inclusion
  • 23:Integrating clean energy use in national poverty reduction strategies: Opportunities and challenges in Rwanda's Girinka programme, Chika Ezeanya and Abel Kennedy
  • 24:Renewable energy in the Brazilian Amazon: the drivers of political economy and climate, Sabrina McCormick
  • 25:The political economy of household thermal energy choices in developing countries: comparing the LPG sectors in Indonesia and South Africa, Wikus Kruger, Louise Tait, and Jiska de Groot
  • Part VIII. Regional Dynamics
  • 26:The linkages of energy, water, and land use in Southeast Asia: Challenges and opportunities for the Mekong region, Kim Hang Pham Do and Ariel Dinar
  • 27:The political economy of clean energy transitions at sub-national level: Understanding the role of international climate regimes in energy policy in two Brazilian states, Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira and Celio Andrade
  • 28:Implementing EU renewable energy policy at the subnational level: navigating between conflicting interests, Gilles Lepesant
  • Part IX. Moving Forward
  • 29:Moving forward, Douglas Arent, Channing Arndt, Mackay Miller, Finn Tarp, and Owen Zinaman.