Frances Drake
Biographic Data
| ID | 211799 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frances Drake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frances |
| FAMILY NAME | Drake |
| SIGNATURE | DRAKE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1442-5950 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Risk Society and Anti-Politics in the Fracking Debate
Fracking in the United Kingdom has yet to reach full industrial development, but it is still subject to significant opposition. This study uses Beck’s risk society theory and anti-politics to examine the views voiced by opponents to fracking in Yorkshire, England. A qualitative approach was used. Semi-structured interviews with protesters and local newspaper reports were evaluated to provide a thematic analysis. The study drew upon discourse anal…
Protesting Mobile Phone Masts: Risk, Neoliberalism, and Governmentality
Studies of protests against mobile phone masts typically concentrate on the potential health risks associated with mobile phones and their masts. Beck's Risk Society has been particularly influential in informing this debate. This focus on health, however, has merely served to limit the discussion to those concerns legitimated by science conveniently ignoring other disputed issues. In contrast, this article contends that it is necessary to use a …
Adapting to Climate Change: Thresholds, Values, Governance - Edited by W Neil Adger, Irene Lorenzoni and Karen L O'Brien
Black gold to green gold: Regional energy policy and the rehabilitation of coal in response to climate change
Energy production has come under increasing scrutiny as concerns about energy security and climate change have risen. In the UK changes in government structure and privatisation of the electricity industry have led to the emergence of multi‐level governance. This means that decisions on how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity‐generating sector should no longer be solely a national policy decision. Previous studies have sought …
Mobile phone masts: Protesting the scientific evidence
In the UK mobile phone ownership is high, however, there are conspicuous local protests against mobile phone masts. Protesters’ concerns often focus on the claimed ill health effects of mobile phone technology, which are frequently dismissed by industry and scientific experts. This paper provides an in-depth study into the attitudes and beliefs of one local protest. It considers to what extent health issues dominate the group’s concerns and how t…
Global atmospheric change and the UK refrigeration industry: Redefining problems and contesting solutions
The Effect of Supersonic Transports on the Global Environment: A Debate Revisited
Initial moves to develop a new generation of commercial supersonic transports (SSTs) to succeed Concorde are already under way. Aircraft manufacturers promise a plane that will withstand both economic and environmental scrutiny. Yet, the crash of an Air France Concorde at Paris in July 2000 has caused further doubts about the viability of SSTs. This study revisits the previous debate surrounding Concorde to explore the potential for current initi…
Fragmenting uncertainties
Protesting Mobile Phone Masts: Risk, Neoliberalism, and Governmentality
Studies of protests against mobile phone masts typically concentrate on the potential health risks associated with mobile phones and their masts. Beck's Risk Society has been particularly influential in informing this debate. This focus on health, however, has merely served to limit the discussion to those concerns legitimated by science conveniently ignoring other disputed issues. In contrast, this article contends that it is necessary to use a …
Global atmospheric change and the UK refrigeration industry: Redefining problems and contesting solutions
Black gold to green gold: Regional energy policy and the rehabilitation of coal in response to climate change
Energy production has come under increasing scrutiny as concerns about energy security and climate change have risen. In the UK changes in government structure and privatisation of the electricity industry have led to the emergence of multi‐level governance. This means that decisions on how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity‐generating sector should no longer be solely a national policy decision. Previous studies have sought …
The Effect of Supersonic Transports on the Global Environment: A Debate Revisited
Initial moves to develop a new generation of commercial supersonic transports (SSTs) to succeed Concorde are already under way. Aircraft manufacturers promise a plane that will withstand both economic and environmental scrutiny. Yet, the crash of an Air France Concorde at Paris in July 2000 has caused further doubts about the viability of SSTs. This study revisits the previous debate surrounding Concorde to explore the potential for current initi…
Risk Society and Anti-Politics in the Fracking Debate
Fracking in the United Kingdom has yet to reach full industrial development, but it is still subject to significant opposition. This study uses Beck’s risk society theory and anti-politics to examine the views voiced by opponents to fracking in Yorkshire, England. A qualitative approach was used. Semi-structured interviews with protesters and local newspaper reports were evaluated to provide a thematic analysis. The study drew upon discourse anal…
Fragmenting uncertainties
Global atmospheric change and the UK refrigeration industry: Redefining problems and contesting solutions
The Effect of Supersonic Transports on the Global Environment: A Debate Revisited
Initial moves to develop a new generation of commercial supersonic transports (SSTs) to succeed Concorde are already under way. Aircraft manufacturers promise a plane that will withstand both economic and environmental scrutiny. Yet, the crash of an Air France Concorde at Paris in July 2000 has caused further doubts about the viability of SSTs. This study revisits the previous debate surrounding Concorde to explore the potential for current initi…
Mobile phone masts: Protesting the scientific evidence
In the UK mobile phone ownership is high, however, there are conspicuous local protests against mobile phone masts. Protesters’ concerns often focus on the claimed ill health effects of mobile phone technology, which are frequently dismissed by industry and scientific experts. This paper provides an in-depth study into the attitudes and beliefs of one local protest. It considers to what extent health issues dominate the group’s concerns and how t…
Black gold to green gold: Regional energy policy and the rehabilitation of coal in response to climate change
Energy production has come under increasing scrutiny as concerns about energy security and climate change have risen. In the UK changes in government structure and privatisation of the electricity industry have led to the emergence of multi‐level governance. This means that decisions on how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity‐generating sector should no longer be solely a national policy decision. Previous studies have sought …
Adapting to Climate Change: Thresholds, Values, Governance - Edited by W Neil Adger, Irene Lorenzoni and Karen L O'Brien
Protesting Mobile Phone Masts: Risk, Neoliberalism, and Governmentality
Studies of protests against mobile phone masts typically concentrate on the potential health risks associated with mobile phones and their masts. Beck's Risk Society has been particularly influential in informing this debate. This focus on health, however, has merely served to limit the discussion to those concerns legitimated by science conveniently ignoring other disputed issues. In contrast, this article contends that it is necessary to use a …
Risk Society and Anti-Politics in the Fracking Debate
Fracking in the United Kingdom has yet to reach full industrial development, but it is still subject to significant opposition. This study uses Beck’s risk society theory and anti-politics to examine the views voiced by opponents to fracking in Yorkshire, England. A qualitative approach was used. Semi-structured interviews with protesters and local newspaper reports were evaluated to provide a thematic analysis. The study drew upon discourse anal…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (2 works)