DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111287
论文题名: Technological intrusion and communicative renewal: The case of two rural solar farm developments in the UK
作者: Nicholls J.
刊名: Energy Policy
ISSN: 03014215
出版年: 2020
卷: 139 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Deliberative democracy
; Habermas
; Local narratives
; Ownership
; Rural energy transition
; Solar farms
英文关键词: Land use
; Deliberative democracy
; Habermas
; Local narratives
; Ownership
; Rural energy
; Rural areas
; democracy
; rural development
; rural energy
; solar power
; United Kingdom
英文摘要: In this paper I present findings and insights from an empirical study of two case study solar farm developments from rural areas of the South West, UK. Drawing on a Habermasian theoretical frame, I examine local resident narratives that emerged through the local public sphere and how these formed discursive meanings that provided shared background social norms for residents towards the solar farm developments. The paper begins by operationalising Habermas's theoretical ideas for empirical research and situating the research within existing literature. The theoretical and methodological sections are followed by the examination of three local narratives that emerged: idealised rural land use, farming and income generation, and money making and the pursuit of profit. Such narratives are considered in view of public opportunities for robust dialogue and debate to judge the normative democratic character of the solar farm developments. The paper concludes that the community development offered significantly more discursive space for debate than the commercial development and increased the developments' overall democratic legitimacy. It is maintained that such a Habermasian theoretical frame adapted for empirical analysis is valuable for normatively assessing democratic processes which are needed in view of conceptually weak accounts of ‘energy democracy’. © 2020 The Author(s) Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/167383
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作者单位: University of Bristol and University of Exeter (UK), University of Bristol Law School, Clifton, Avon, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom
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Nicholls J.. Technological intrusion and communicative renewal: The case of two rural solar farm developments in the UK[J]. Energy Policy,2020-01-01,139