Energy transition and civic engagement

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Authors

  • Jörg Radtke
  • Emily Drewing
  • Eva Eichenauer
  • Lars Holstenkamp
  • Jan-Hendrik Kamlage
  • Franziska Mey
  • Jan Warode
  • Jana Wegener
This chapter gives an overview of various forms of civic engagement in the context of the German energy transition. The first section introduces invented and invited spaces of civic participation with a focus on bottom-up citizens’ activities, their dynamics, and social structure. To this end, community energy initiatives such as energy cooperatives as well as protests against wind turbines and grid expansion are analyzed regarding fields of conflict, forms of representation, and collaboration and matters of (energy) justice. The normative roles attributed to citizens’ activities and polarization tendencies are critically discussed. In conclusion, two elementary forms of civic engagement relating to the Energiewende can be derived.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Role of Public Participation in Energy Transitions
EditorsOrtwin Renn, Frank Ulmer, Anna Deckert
Number of pages11
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherAcademic Press Inc.
Publication date2020
Pages81-91
ISBN (print)978-0-12-819515-4
ISBN (electronic)978-0-12-819566-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • Management studies - community energy, energy cooperatives
  • Politics - civic engagement, material participations, social movements, local opposition
  • Energy research - civic engagement, community energy, social conflict