Taking a comparative case study approach between Canada and
Germany, this book investigates the contrasting response of
governments to anti-wind movements. Environmental social movements
have been critical players for encouraging the shift towards
increased use of renewable energy. However, social movements
mobilizing against the installation of wind turbines have now
become a major obstacle to their increased deployment. Andrea Bues
draws on a cross-Atlantic comparative analysis to investigate the
different contexts of contentious energy policy. Focusing on two
sub-national forerunner regions in installed wind power capacity -
Brandenburg and Ontario - Bues draws on social movement theory to
explore the concept of discursive energy space and propose
explanations as to why governments respond differently to social
movements. Overall, Social Movements against Wind Power in Canada
and Germany offers a novel conceptualization of
discursive-institutional contexts of contentious energy politics
and helps better understand protest against renewable energy
policy. This book will be of great interest to students and
scholars of renewable energy policy, sustainability and climate
change politics, social movement studies and environmental
sociology.
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