Energy democracies for sustainable futures / edited by Majia Nadesan, Martin J. Pasqualetti and Jennifer Keahey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Imaginaries-- Introduction to Part I: Energy imaginaries / Jennifer Keahey.

Theme 1: Knowledges-- 1. Serving in the public interest: Samuel Insull and the public service utility imaginary / Abraham Tidwell and Jacqueline Hettel Tidwell-- 2. Governance and sustainability in distributed energy systems / Rudy Kahsar-- 3. Energy democracy's relationship to ecology / Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker, Danielle Endres, and Tarla Rai Peterson-- 4. Utopias and dystopias of renewable energy imaginaries / Karen Hudlet-Vazquez, Melissa Bollman, Jessica Craigg, and James McCarthy-- 5. Technoregions of insurrection: Decentralizing energy infrastructures and manifesting change at scale / Ry Brennan-- 6. Assemblages of energy and equity: Rearticulating Illich / J. Macgregor Wise.

Theme 2: Futures-- 7. Re-imagining energy-society relations: An interactive framework for social movement-based energy-society transformation / Joohee Lee, John Byrne, and Jeongseok Seo-- 8. Democratic governance of fossil fuel decline / Johanna Bozuwa, Matthew Burke, Stan Cox, and Carla Santos Skandier 9. Decentralizing energy systems: Political power and shifting power relations in energy ownership / Marie Claire Brisbois-- 10. Democratic divergence and the landscape of community solar in the United States / Thomas Ptak and Steven M. Radil-- 11. The emerging energy future(s) of renewable power and electrochemistry: Advancing or undermining energy democracy? / Christian Brannstrom-- 12. The future of energy owenership / Clark A. Miller.

II. Transitions-- Introduction to Part II: Energy Futures / Martin J. Pasqualetti.

Theme 1: Organizing-- 13. Energies of resistance? Conceptualizing resistance in and through energy democratization / Joshua K. McEvoy-- 14. The role of ownership and governance in democratizing energy: Comparing public, private, and civil society initiatives in England / M. Lacey-Barnacle and J. Nicholls-- 15. Lessons from electric cooperatives: Evolving participatory governance practices / Stephanie Lenhart-- 16. Bringing democratic transparency to Karachi's electric sector / Joshua K. McEvoy-- 17. Energy literacy: Democratizing energy access initiatives in Papua New Guinea / Anthony P. Heynen, Matthew J. Herington, Craig B. Jacobson, Lilly P. Sar, and Paul A. Lant.

Theme 2: Communities-- 18. A just development energy transition in India? / Heather Plumridge Bedi-- 19. Community adaptation to microgrid alternative energy sources: The case of Puerto Rico / Nicholas J. Sokol-- 20. Energy democracy movements in Japan / Setsuko Matsuzawa-- 21. Participatory cartography as a means to facilitate democratic governance of offshore wind power in Brazil / Thomas Xavier, Adryane Gorayeb, and Christian Brannstrom 22. Energy democracy cooperatives: Opportunities and challenges / Caroline G. Wright.

III. Risks-- Introduction to Part III: Energy risks / Majia Nadesan.

Theme 1: Assemblages-- 23. Situating energy justice: Storytelling risk and resilience in the Navajo Nation / Dana E. Powell and Bidtah Becker-- 24. Will electro-mobility encourage injustices? The case of lithium production in the Argentine Puna / Melisa Escosteguy, Walter F. Diaz Paz, Martin A. Iribarnegaray, Araceli Claviji, Carlos Ortega Insaurralde, Helen Stern, Cristian D. Venencia, Christian Brannstrom, Marc Hufty, and Lucas Seghezzo-- 25. The limits of authoritarian energy governance: Energy, democracy and public contestation in Turkey / Alevgul H. Sorman and Ethemcan Turhan-- 26. Hazard or Survival: Politics of nuclear energy in Ukraine and Belorussia through the lens of energy democracy / Barbara Wejnert and Cam Wejnert-Depue-- 27. Talking points: Narrative strategies to promote nuclear power in Turkey / Avino Niphi and M. V. Ramana-- 28. Fossilizing renewable energy: The case of wing power in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico / Lourdes Alonso-Serna and Edgar Talledos-Sanchez-- 29. "Psychic numbing" and the environment: Is this leading to unsustainable energy outcomes in Australia? / Peta Ashworth and Kathy Witt.

Theme 2: Security-- 30. Deluxe energy: Newly commodified regimes of luxurious energy / Arthur Mason-- 31. Does security push democracy out of energy governance?/ Kacper Szulecki-- 32. Global energy transition risks: Evaluating the intergenerational equity of energy transition costs / Ambika Opal and Jatin Nathwani-- 33. Democratizing energy through smart grids? Discourses of empowerment vs practices of marginalization / Ekaterina Tarasova and Harald Rohracher-- 34. Contested scales of democratic decision-making and procedural justice in energy transitions / Chad Walker, Stacia Ryder, Jean-Pierre Roux, Zoe Chateau and Patrick Devine-Wright-- 35. Mind the gap: Citizens, consumers, and unequal participation in global energy transitions / Breffni Lennon and Niall P. Dunphy-- 36. Worse than its reputation? Shortcomings of 'energy democracy' / Veith Selk and Jorg Kemmerzell-- Conclusion: A call to action, toward and energy research / Alexander Dunlap.

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