Title The politics of shale gas in Eastern Europe : energy security, contested technologies and the social license to frack / Andreas Goldthau, Royal Holloway, University of London

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy Cambridge studies in comparative public policy. Contents Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Shale Gas, Energy Security and Comparative Public Policy; 1.1 The Eastern European Shale Gas Puzzle; 1.2 The Comparative Public Policy of Shale Gas; 1.3 Why Study Shale Gas (in Eastern Europe)?; 1.4 Research Strategy and Empirical Data; 1.5 Structure of the Book; 2 The Policy Context: European Energy Security and Russian Import Dependence; 2.1 Europe's Shale Envy: The Triple Premium of America's Energy Revolution 2.2 Energy Security in Central Eastern Europe: Russia and Gas Import Dependence2.3 Shale in the Context of European Gas Market Dynamics; 2.4 EU Energy Policy-Making: Between Multilevel Governance and National Prerogatives; 2.5 The Road to Shale: An Eye on the 'Above Ground Factors'; 3 The Analytical Context: Policy Regimes and the Social Licence; 3.1 Regimes in Policy Analysis: A Brief Review of the Concept; 3.2 Interests, Institutions and Ideas: Defining the Analytical Framework; 3.3 Operationalizing Policy Regimes: Regime Strength and Shale Gas Policy; 3.4 The 'Social Licence to Frack' 4 The Stalling Front Runner: Poland4.1 Polish Shale: Policy Context; 4.2 Actors and Sector Governance; 4.3 Poland's Policy Approach: Institutionally Path-Dependent, Inclusive and Unwillingly Experimentalist; 4.4 Policy Narratives: Security, Economy and Jobs; 4.5 Assessing Poland's Policy Regime: Comprehensive Power Arrangement, Low Institutional Capacity and High-Valence Narratives; 5 The Naysayer: Bulgaria; 5.1 Bulgarian Shale: Policy Context; 5.2 Actors and Sector Governance; 5.3 Bulgaria's Policy Approach: Top-Down Process Meets Exclusive Power Arrangement 5.4 Policy Narratives: 'Environmental Hazard' and 'Economic Sell-Out' Trump 'Energy Independence'5.5 Assessing Bulgaria's Policy Regime: Lacking Interest Representation, Low Policy Ownership and Divergent Frames; 5.6 Excursus: Bulgarian Shale and the Russia Factor; 6 A No with Options: Romania; 6.1 Triangulating the Eastern European Shale Conundrum: The Case of Romania; 6.2 Romanian Shale: Policy Context; 6.3 Actors and Sector Governance; 6.4 Romania's Policy Approach: Non-Participatory, Inconsistent and Devoid of Institutional Leadership 6.5 Policy Narratives: Environmentalism and Anti-Capitalism Trump 'Economic Opportunity'6.6 Assessing Romania's Policy Regime: Weak Procedures, Clashing Frames and Political Volatility; 7 The Comparative Public Policy of Shale Gas in Eastern Europe; 7.1 Comparing Policy Regimes; 7.2 Assessing the Social Licence; 8 Conclusion: Shale Gas, Technology Transfer and Energy Security; Appendix; References; Index Summary Uses a policy regime approach to conduct a comparative analysis of the public policies of shale gas in Eastern Europe Subject Shale gas industry -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern Hydraulic fracturing -- Europe, Eastern Energy development -- Government policy -- Europe, Eastern BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. Energy development -- Government policy Hydraulic fracturing Eastern Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316880029 1316880028 9781316875018 1316875016 1316635228 9781316635223

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