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Power Struggles
- Dignity, Value, and the Renewable Energy Frontier in Spain
Engelsk Paperback
Power Struggles
- Dignity, Value, and the Renewable Energy Frontier in Spain
Engelsk Paperback

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Wind energy is often portrayed as a panacea for the environmental and political ills brought on by an overreliance on fossil fuels, but this characterization may ignore the impact wind farms have on the regions that host them. Power Struggles investigates the uneven allocation of risks and benefits in the relationship between the regions that produce this energy and those that consume it. Jaume Franquesa considers Spain, a country where wind now constitutes the main source of energy production. In particular, he looks at the Southern Catalonia region, which has traditionally been a source of energy production through nuclear reactors, dams, oil refineries, and gas and electrical lines. Despite providing energy that runs the country, the region is still forced to the political and economic periphery as the power they produce is controlled by centralized, international Spanish corporations. Local resistance to wind farm installation in Southern Catalonia relies on the notion of dignity: the ability to live within one's means and according to one's own decisions. Power Struggles shows how, without careful attention, renewable energy production can reinforce patterns of exploitation even as it promises a fair and hopeful future.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9780253033727
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0253033721
Udg. Dato:
23 apr 2018
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
228mm
Højde:
151mm
Forlag:
Indiana University Press
Oplagsdato:
23 apr 2018
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