Abstract
The book “Energy and Transport in Green Transitions – Perspectives on Ecomodernity” deals with the societally and scientifically crucial topic of energy and climate change mitigation. The book starts by setting high ambitions as the authors attempt “to go beyond both the extremism of the anti-capitalist critique and the radical enthusiasm of techno-economic positivism” in their exploration to find ways to resolve political, economic and technological entanglements “to boost a greener economy and culture”. It aims to so through a regional comparative study that looks at mature Western economies, the rapidly developing China, and the developing economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors present an excellent descriptive historical review for those interested in the broader picture of energy production and automobile sector in the regions addressed. However, in an attempt to cover as much ground as possible while assuring maximum accessibility”, the authors' explanation of the dynamics of change involved is not conveyed in an analytically convincing manner.
Highlights
Energy and Transport in Green Transition: their own myth, which all serve to mobilize the social world
Both explaining and endeavour, the authors draw on neoclassical economic predicting energy development trajectories have proven to concepts and innovation studies as they target: the cabe a difficult task since they are deeply political, covering pability to drive innovation, the ability to mobilize public different social forces involved in the use, production and interest, and the challenges of staging complex pathways in distribution of natural resources
Librello terization: as new green products and new societal visions ing social forces are viewed as part of the same cultural develop, they may be successful enough to mobilize public framing, working towards the same “ecomodernity”. intervention for more formalized and supporting institutions
Summary
Energy and Transport in Green Transition: their own myth, which all serve to mobilize the social world. Both explaining and endeavour, the authors draw on neoclassical economic predicting energy development trajectories have proven to concepts and innovation studies as they target: the cabe a difficult task since they are deeply political, covering pability to drive innovation, the ability to mobilize public different social forces involved in the use, production and interest, and the challenges of staging complex pathways in distribution of natural resources.
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