Dear all, With apologies for the self-promotion and cross-posting, my new book is now available for ordering and has a 20% discount to the end of the month (code PEET2020) at www.cambridge.org/9781108843843 <http://www.cambridge.org/9781108843843>. If you want to see more on the book itself, the page is here: https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/political-economy/political-economies-energy-transition-wind-and-solar-power-brazil-and-south-africa?format=HB&isbn=9781108843843 <https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/political-economy/political-economies-energy-transition-wind-and-solar-power-brazil-and-south-africa?format=HB&isbn=9781108843843>
Political Economies of Energy Transition: Wind and Solar Power in Brazil and South Africa Global climate solutions depend on low-carbon energy transitions in developing countries, but little is known about how those will unfold. Examining the transitions of Brazil and South Africa, Hochstetler reveals how choices about wind and solar power respond to four different constellations of interests and institutions, or four simultaneous political economies of energy transition. The political economy of climate change set Brazil and South Africa on different tracks, with South Africa's coal-based electricity system fighting against an existential threat. Since deforestation dominates Brazil's climate emissions, climate concerns were secondary there for electricity planning. Both saw significant mobilization around industrial policy and cost and consumption issues, showing the importance of economic considerations for electricity choices in emerging economies. Host communities resisted Brazilian wind power, but accepted other forms. Hochstetler argues that national energy transition finally depends on the intersection of these political economies, with South Africa illustrating a politicized transition mode and Brazil presenting a bureaucracy-dominant one. Shows how energy transition is happening (and how it is blocked) in two key middle income and developing countries In-depth analysis of four different policy areas related to wind and solar power An up-to-date take on the global environment and development debate Happy to answer questions about it too. Please reply to my LSE address below. Kathy Kathryn Hochstetler Professor and Head of Department Department of International Development London School of Economics and Political Science Connaught House London WC2A 2 AE United Kingdom +44 (0)207 955 6892 [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> @hochstet http://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/people/kathy-hochstetler <http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalDevelopment/people/Hochstetler.aspx> http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/profile/kathy-hochstetler/ <http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/profile/kathy-hochstetler/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/0187A3AE-5077-4A2E-9D1F-EF023FEC2A01%40naturalbridge.com.
