The Politics of Shale Gas in Eastern Europe
Energy Security, Contested Technologies and the Social Licence to Frack
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The Politics of Shale Gas in Eastern Europe
Energy Security, Contested Technologies and the Social Licence to Frack
About this book
Fracking is a novel but contested energy technology – so what makes some countries embrace it whilst others reject it? This book argues that the reason for policy divergence lies in procedures and processes, stakeholder inclusion and whether a strong narrative underpins governmental policies. Based on a large set of primary data gathered in Poland, Bulgaria and Romania, it explores shale gas policies in Central Eastern Europe (a region strongly dependent on Russian gas imports) to unveil the importance of policy regimes for creating a 'social license' for fracking. Its findings suggest that technology transfer does not happen in a vacuum but is subject to close mutual interaction with political, economic and social forces; and that national energy policy is not a matter of 'objective' policy imperatives, such as Russian import dependence, but a function of complex domestic dynamics pertaining to institutional procedures and processes, and winners and losers.
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Table of 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
- 2 The Policy Context: European Energy Security and Russian Import Dependence
- 3 The Analytical Context: Policy Regimes and the Social Licence
- 4 The Stalling Front Runner: Poland
- 5 The Naysayer: Bulgaria
- 6 A No with Options: Romania
- 7 The Comparative Public Policy of Shale Gas in Eastern Europe
- 8 Conclusion: Shale Gas, Technology Transfer and Energy Security
- Appendix
- References
- Index