Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; 1 Introduction: the next great experiment; 2 Energy and society: energetic foundations of sociology; 3 Contemporary social theories of energy transitions; 4 Wind, solar, and biomass in sociotechnical transition; 5 Renewable energy from below the ground; 6 Political regulation and new forms of environmental governance; 7 Energies in conflict: new restraints and old obstacles; 8 Integrating renewable energies into existing electricity systems; 9 Conclusion: nonknowledge and exnovation as progress
Summary
Renewable Energy normally refers to usable energy sources that are an alternative to fuel sources, but without the negatively evaluated consequences of the replaced fuels. Although energy issues have a long tradition in sociology and other social sciences, it may now be high time to conceptualize these in sociological terms as the lynchpin in our understanding of the way societies are set to develop in the 21st century. This concise book focuses on sociological attempts at better framing contemporary theories of energy transformations and to deliver an accessible overview on the relationships
