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Author Franquesa, Jaume, author

Title Power struggles : dignity, value, and the renewable energy frontier in Spain / Jaume Franquesa
Published Bloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series New anthropologies of Europe
New anthropologies of Europe.
Contents Dependence and autonomy -- Nuclear transaction -- Nuclear peasants -- Southern revolt -- Wind bubble -- Accessing wind -- Waste and dignity
Summary Wind energy is often portrayed as a panacea for the environmental and political ills brought on by an overreliance on fossil fuels, but this characterization may ignore the impact wind farms have on the regions that host them. Power Struggles investigates the uneven allocation of risks and benefits in the relationship between the regionsthat produce this energy and thosethat consume it. Jaume Franquesa considers Spain, a country where wind now constitutes the main source of energy production. In particular, he looks at the Southern Catalonia region, which has traditionally been a source of energy production through nuclear reactors, dams, oil refineries, and gas and electrical lines. Despite providing energy that runs the country, the region is still forced to the political and economic periphery as the power they produce is controlled by centralized, international Spanish corporations. Local resistance to wind farm installation in Southern Catalonia relies on the notion of dignity: the ability to live within one's means and according to one's own decisions. Power Struggles shows how, without careful attention, renewable energy production can reinforce patterns of exploitation even as it promises a fair and hopeful future
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 25, 2018)
Subject Energy policy -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Spain
Wind power -- Spain -- Catalonia
Nuclear energy -- Spain -- Catalonia
Social justice -- Spain
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Autonomy and independence movements
Energy policy -- Moral and ethical aspects
Nuclear energy
Social justice
Wind power
SUBJECT Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
Subject Spain
Spain -- Catalonia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018018826
ISBN 9780253033741
0253033748
9780253033765
0253033764