Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy

This handbook offers a comprehensive transdisciplinary examination of the research and practices that constitute the emerging research agenda in energy democracy. With protests over fossil fuels and controversies over nuclear and renewable energy technologies, democratic ideals have contributed to an emerging social movement. Energy democracy captures this movement and addresses the issues of energy access, ownership, and participation at a time when there are expanding social, political, environmental, and economic demands on energy systems. This volume defines energy democracy as both a social movement and an academic area of study and examines it through a social science and humanities lens, explaining key concepts and reflecting state-of-the-art research. The collection is comprised of six parts: 1 Scalar Dimensions of Power and Governance in Energy Democracy 2 Discourses of Energy Democracy 3 Grassroots and Critical Modes of Action 4 Democratic and Participatory Principles 5 Energy Resource Tensions 6 Energy Democracies in Practice The vision of this handbook is explicitly transdisciplinary and global, including contributions from interdisciplinary international scholars and practitioners. The Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy will be the premier source for all students and researchers interested in the field of energy, including policy, politics, transitions, access, justice, and public participation.

Chapter 1. Energy democracy: An introduction Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker and Danielle Endres Part I: Scalar Dimensions of Power and Governance in Energy Democracy Chapter 2. Scalar dimensions of power and governance in energy democracy: Introduction Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker Chapter 3. International energy governance: Opportunities and challenges for democratic politics Anabela Carvalho and Ana Horta Chapter 4. Comparing and contrasting the institutional relationships, regulatory frameworks, and energy system governance of European and U.S. electric cooperatives Stephanie Lenhart, Gabriel Chan, Matthew Grimley, and Elizabeth Wilson Chapter 5. Energy democracy at the scale of Indigenous governance: Indigenous Native American struggles for democracy, justice, and decolonization Danielle Endres and Taylor N. Johnson Chapter 6. Conceptualizing energy democracy using the multiple streams framework: Actors, public participation, and scale in energy transitions Nihit Goyal and Michael Howlett Chapter 7. Part One response Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker Part II: Discourses of Energy Democracy Chapter 8. Discourses of energy democracy: Introduction Stephanie L. Gomez and Danielle Endres Chapter 9. Energy security: From security of supply to public participation Christina Demski and Sarah Becker Chapter 10. The premise and the promise: Energy poverty, capabilities, and the language of moral commitments Brian Cozen Chapter 11. A brief excursion into the many scales and voices of renewable energy colonialism Susana Batel Chapter 12. Energy dominance Jennifer Schneider and Jennifer Peeples Chapter 13. Part Two response Danielle Endres and Stephanie L. Gomez Part III: Grassroots and Critical Modes of Action Chapter 14. Grassroots and critical modes of action: Introduction Tarla Rai Peterson Chapter 15. The state or the citizens for energy democracy? Municipal and cooperative models in the German energy transition Sören Becker Chapter 16. Institutionalizing energy democracy: The promises and pitfalls of electricity co-operative development Julie L. MacArthur and M. Derya Tarhan Chapter 17. A feminist lens on energy democracy: Redistributing power and resisting oppression through renewable transformation Jennie C. Stephens and Elizabeth Allen Chapter 18. Energy commons and alternatives to enclosures of sunshine and wind Matthew J. Burke Chapter 19. Part Three response Tarla Rai Peterson Part IV: Democratic and Participatory Principles Chapter 20. Democratic and participatory principles of Energy Democracy: Introduction Tarla Rai Peterson Chapter 21. Splitting (over) the atom: Nuclear energy and democratic conflict William J. Kinsella Chapter 22. Public participation and energy system transformations Jake Barnes Chapter 23. The complex relations between justice and participation in collaborative planning processes for a renewable energy transition Patrick Scherhaufer Chapter 24. Participation in non-democracies: Rural Thailand as a site of energy democracy Laurence L. Delina Chapter 25. Part Four response Tarla Rai Peterson Part V: Energy Resource Tensions Chapter 26. Energy resource tensions: Introduction Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker Chapter 27. Energy democracy, nuclear power, and participatory knowledge production about radiation risks Tatiana Kasperski and Olga Kuchinskaya Chapter 28. A fracked society: Multi-state media analysis of hydraulic fracturing in the USA Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker and Katelind Batill-Bigler Chapter 29. Latin American hydropower sacrifice zones Mary Finley-Brook Chapter 30. Postcards from the future: Hawaii’s transition to wind and solar energy Cristi Choat Horton, Nicolas Hernandez, and Tarla Rai Peterson Chapter 31. Part Five response Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker Part VI: Energy Democracies in Practice Chapter 32. Energy democracies in practice: Introduction Stephanie L. Gomez and Danielle Endres Chapter 33. Carbon neutral pledges: Public opinions, opportunities, and challenges for energy democracy Meaghan McKasy and Sara K. Yeo Chapter 34. Beyond the Ivory Tower: Exploring the role of universities towards sustainable energy transitions in post-disaster environments Marla Perez Lugo, Cecilio Ortiz García, and Lionel Orama Exclusa Chapter 35. Low carbon energy democracy in the Global South? Ben Campbell, Jon Cloke, and Ed Brown Chapter 36. Energy democracy in practice: Centering energy sovereignty in rural communities and Tribal Nations Douglas Bessette, Chelsea Schelly, Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Valoree S. Gagnon, Andrew Fiss, Kristin L. Arola, Elise Matz, Rebecca Ong and Kathleen E. Halvorsen Chapter 37. Part Six response Danielle Endres and Stephanie L. Gomez Chapter 38. Conclusion: The future of energy democracies Danielle Endres, Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker and Tarla Rai Peterson Chapter 39. Afterword: Energy democracy, Episode 196 of Cultures of Energy Podcast Dominic Boyer, Cymene Howe, Danielle Endres, Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker, and Tarla Rai Peterson

Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker is an associate professor of environmental and science communication at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), USA. Danielle Endres is a professor of communication and affiliated faculty in environmental humanities at the University of Utah, USA. Tarla Rai Peterson is a professor of communication and affiliated faculty in environmental science and engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA. Stephanie L. Gomez is an assistant professor of communication studies at Western Washington University, USA.