Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study
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Resumo: | Research has shown how the NIMBY explanation for local opposition to energy infrastructures has made its way into the discourses of developers, policy makers, the media and active protesters. However, few studies have explored how community members draw on discourses of NIMBYism to interpret and negotiate responses to local energy proposals. We address this gap drawing on qualitative data from two UK case studies. Analyses show that NIMBY, as a representation of objection, is both widespread and polysemic. Aside from providing a means to talk about space, NIMBY is sometimes rejected by discourses positioning publics as custodians of valued landscapes. In other instances, it is assumed to be a normative and legitimate way for participants to decide what is best for them in a neo-liberal society. The findings reinforce the importance of examining socio-cultural dimensions of social acceptance, specifically representations of community responses to infrastructures as political devices in local siting disputes, and publics as reflexive actors. |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case studyNIMBYSocio-cultural dimensionsEveryday re(-)presentation‘Regular’ community membersPower linesResearch has shown how the NIMBY explanation for local opposition to energy infrastructures has made its way into the discourses of developers, policy makers, the media and active protesters. However, few studies have explored how community members draw on discourses of NIMBYism to interpret and negotiate responses to local energy proposals. We address this gap drawing on qualitative data from two UK case studies. Analyses show that NIMBY, as a representation of objection, is both widespread and polysemic. Aside from providing a means to talk about space, NIMBY is sometimes rejected by discourses positioning publics as custodians of valued landscapes. In other instances, it is assumed to be a normative and legitimate way for participants to decide what is best for them in a neo-liberal society. The findings reinforce the importance of examining socio-cultural dimensions of social acceptance, specifically representations of community responses to infrastructures as political devices in local siting disputes, and publics as reflexive actors.Routledge/Taylor and Francis2021-03-28T00:00:00Z2020-01-01T00:00:00Z20202020-11-26T13:47:49Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/20407eng1354-983910.1080/13549839.2020.1747413Batel, S.Devine-Wright, P.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:55:45Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/20407Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:28:28.187366Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study Batel, S. NIMBY Socio-cultural dimensions Everyday re(-)presentation ‘Regular’ community members Power lines |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study |
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Using NIMBY rhetoric as a political resource to negotiate responses to local energy infrastructure: a power line case study |
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Batel, S. |
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Batel, S. Devine-Wright, P. |
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Devine-Wright, P. |
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Batel, S. Devine-Wright, P. |
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NIMBY Socio-cultural dimensions Everyday re(-)presentation ‘Regular’ community members Power lines |
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NIMBY Socio-cultural dimensions Everyday re(-)presentation ‘Regular’ community members Power lines |
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Research has shown how the NIMBY explanation for local opposition to energy infrastructures has made its way into the discourses of developers, policy makers, the media and active protesters. However, few studies have explored how community members draw on discourses of NIMBYism to interpret and negotiate responses to local energy proposals. We address this gap drawing on qualitative data from two UK case studies. Analyses show that NIMBY, as a representation of objection, is both widespread and polysemic. Aside from providing a means to talk about space, NIMBY is sometimes rejected by discourses positioning publics as custodians of valued landscapes. In other instances, it is assumed to be a normative and legitimate way for participants to decide what is best for them in a neo-liberal society. The findings reinforce the importance of examining socio-cultural dimensions of social acceptance, specifically representations of community responses to infrastructures as political devices in local siting disputes, and publics as reflexive actors. |
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