The Politics of Shale Gas in Eastern Europe: Energy Security, Contested Technologies and the Social License to Frack (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy)

By: Andreas Goldthau

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Synopsis: Fracking is a novel but contested energy technology – so what makes some countries embrace it while others reject it? This book argues that the reason for policy divergence lies in procedures and processes, stakeholder inclusion and whether a strong narrative underpins governmental policies. Based on a large set of primary data gathered in Poland, Bulgaria and Romania, it explores shale gas policies in Central Eastern Europe (a region strongly dependent on Russian gas imports) to unveil the importance of policy regimes for creating a ‘social licence’ for fracking. Its findings suggest that technology transfer does not happen in a vacuum, but is subject to close mutual interaction with political, economic and social forces; and that national energy policy is a matter not of ‘objective’ policy imperatives, such as Russian import dependence, but of complex domestic dynamics pertaining to institutional procedures and processes, and winners and losers.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781316877432
Related ISBNs:: 9781107183940, 9781107183940
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:: 06/16/18
Copyrighted By:: Andreas Goldthau
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Technology, Politics and Government
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