Caprotti, Federico, Essex, Stephen, Phillips, Jon, de Groot, Jiska and Baker, Lucy (2020) 'Scales of governance: Translating multiscalar transitional pathways in South Africa’s energy landscape.' Energy Research and Social Science, 70. p. 101700.
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Abstract
In this paper, we argue for a multiscalar focus on the governance of energy policy and practice. This perspective reveals the translation of agendas and policies across scales stretching from the global to the local. We analyse South Africa’s energy landscape, which is influenced by: a highly complex and dynamic set of generation and production networks, policy strategies, multiple state and non-state actors, and the continuing impact of apartheid. In the paper, we establish a dialogue between Actor-Network Theory and studies of socio-technical transitions to analyse the translation and purification of discourses and practices across scales, and to consider how these processes may impact on spatialised processes of energy transition.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Energy policy, Energy governance, Socio-technical transitions, Actor-Network Theory (ANT), Scale |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Development Studies |
| ISSN: | 22146296 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101700 |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2022 12:54 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/36235 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
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