Energy Transition in South America

Elite’s Views in the Mining Sector, Four Cases Under Study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7562923
AutoresCristián P Parker (0000-0001-8041-9642, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, autor correspondente), Cristián Parker (University of Santiago de Chile, Chile)
Ano2018
Volume21
Fascículo0
Data de publicação2018-10-08
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asoc0089r1vu18l1ao
OpenAlexW2895437084
SCIELO_PIDS1414-753X2018000100313
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas15

Implementing a transition towards sustainable patterns of energy consumption in the extractive sector, including energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, is an ongoing, but incipient, process in South America. The focus here is on social representations of elites on ’sustainable energy consumption’ in the large-scale mining sector in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador. The concepts of efficiency and non-conventional renewable energy are widely accepted. The main question is: are elite views in these countries favourable to energy transition and energy-sustainable industrial consumption in the extractive sector? Notwithstanding a basic consensus, different views exists on renewable and efficient energy, regulations and policies. In the semantic core of the discourses, the different and contradictory interpretations of elite groups are evident. A qualitative discourse analysis and a descriptive statistics comparison of these differences reveal shifts in meaning, in social positions, and the influence of each country context in the production of these discourses

Business · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Elite · Energy consumption · Energy transition · Geography · Political science · Politics · Renewable energy · Social science · Sociology · Sustainable development · Energy and Environment Impacts · Engineering · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Psychology · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy