Where constructivism meets resource constraints
The politics of oil, renewables, and a US energy transition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7763709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Y Shum (0000-0003-3758-2596, SUNY Brockport, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 382-400 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2015.1008236 |
| OpenAlex | W1975856078 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 28 |
Debates about policies affecting the consumption of oil, and on how to support development of substitutes, often represent environmental politics at its most polarizing. How can we explain the serial reversals in energy policy that result from changing perceptions about the availability of renewable versus non-renewable energy supplies? Application of a range of theories to the case of the United States since 1973 suggests that two distinct types of explanation interact to play crucial roles: socially constructed deliberation takes place over the purposes of energy policy; meanwhile, physical constraints in natural resources are also observed and processed into updated perceptions of relative feasibility among policy choices. Over time, different policy priorities – varying in emphases on economic growth, sustainability, scarcity, or innovation – rise and fall as market conditions test how policies correspond with reality. Opportunities to develop successful policy strategies for managing this century's energy transition – in any of the four directions described – will depend similarly on the absence or presence of political will, a condition shaped by perceptions of material feasibility
Climate change · Deliberation · Economic system · Economics · Energy policy · Energy transition · Environmental economics · Microeconomics · Natural resource · Peak oil · Perception · Political science · Politics · Renewable energy · Scarcity · Sustainability · Computer Science · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Ecology
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Post-Hegemonic Climate Politics
Competing discourses of energy development
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |