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Neoliberal energy transitions in the South: Kenyan experiences

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posted on 2023-06-12, 08:38 authored by Peter NewellPeter Newell, Jon Phillips
What is the relationship between the direction and form of an energy transition and the political economy within which it is embedded? This paper explores how the nature of (low carbon) energy transitions is strongly influenced by the process of neoliberalisation that shape energy policy in the South. We seek to understand emergent energy transitions and to advance their theorisation through an account of the political economy of energy transition in Kenya. In contrast to the often techno-managerial orientation of literatures on socio-technical transitions, we explore the political terrain upon which competing visions of energy futures and material interests collide and seek to accommodate one another. We develop a political economy account that emphasises the structural and disciplinary power of capital and global institutions to set the terms of transition. This expresses itself in both delimiting the autonomy of state actors and by reconfiguring domestic institutional and social power in ways that re-shape the distributional politics of transitions.

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  • Published

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Journal

Geoforum

ISSN

0016-7185

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

74

Page range

39-48

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  • International Relations Publications

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  • Centre for Global Political Economy Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-01-26

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-02-02

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-01-26

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