Huang, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-7573-715X and Liu, Y. (2021) Toward just energy transitions in authoritarian regimes: indirect participation and adaptive governance. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 64 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN 0964-0568
Abstract
Low-carbon energy transition is a response to the dual challenges of climate change and sustainable development. Recent years have seen the emergence of the discourse of just energy transitions, which position social justice at the centre of energy transitions. Authoritarian regimes, because of the established tradition of command-and-control policy making, are considered a critical arena for advancing a just transition globally. A case review of low-carbon energy transitions worldwide reveals an important and significant knowledge gap on justice issues in more authoritarian regimes. Two in-depth case studies in China show that, although social injustice seems to be inevitable for energy transitions in authoritarian regimes, adaptive transition governance mainly through indirect participation mechanisms offers a pathway toward just energy transitions. The study calls for more nuanced and longer-term perspectives of social injustices that emerge in the process of energy transitions in authoritarian regimes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Newcastle University. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | energy transition; social justice; authoritarian regime; adaptive governance; China |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2021 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2021 15:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09640568.2020.1743245 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:178102 |