End of the line

Environmental Justice, Energy Justice, and Opposition to Power Lines

Bibliographic Data

ID7763463
AuthorsDavid J He (0000-0001-8117-0260, Vanderbilt University, corresponding author), Rachel G Mckane (0000-0002-5295-8611, Vanderbilt University), Caroline Pietzryk (0000-0003-2043-5557, Vanderbilt University)
Year2022
Volume31
Issue4
Pages663-683
Publication date2022-06-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644016.2021.1952799
OpenAlexW3183166042
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited31

This study draws on environmental and energy justice research to develop the analysis of energy infrastructure opposition from a justice perspective. A comprehensive data set of 70 cases of opposition to socioenvironmental effects of proposed electricity power lines in North America was developed. The analysis of strategic frames used by opposition groups provides the basis for an evaluation of theoretical categories of justice, their empirical operationalization, and their limits. Four categories of justice are associated with eight of the 12 main types of frames. In turn, frames are connected to types of opposition actors in the analysis of sequences of justice-related actions and outcomes. Subnational governments are important actors in many cases that have outcomes of remediation and/or a decision not to build the line. Coalition breadth and opposition from federal government actors, marginalized groups, and environmentalists are also associated with those outcomes

Environmental justice · Epistemology · Operationalization · Political science · Politics · Procedural justice · Sociology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Risk Perception and Management · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy

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