Tilting at windmills
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In this paper, Claus and Bolander present a book called "Ecological Sanity: A Guide to Environmental Sanity" by George Claus and Karen Bolander. Pp. xv + 592.Abstract:
Ecological Sanity. By George Claus and Karen Bolander. Pp. xv + 592. (David McKay: New York, 1977.) $16.95.read more
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The ‘Social Gap’ in Wind Farm Siting Decisions: Explanations and Policy Responses
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors distinguish between two kinds of gap that might be confused, namely the social gap and the individual gap, which exists when an individual person has a positive attitude to wind power in general but actively opposes a particular wind power development.
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Environmental Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in Regional Studies
Bernhard Truffer,Lars Coenen +1 more
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Over the Sea and Far Away? A Consideration of the Planning, Politics and Public Perception of Offshore Wind Farms
TL;DR: The authors argued that many of the same problems are experienced by both onshore and offshore wind farms, albeit in slightly different ways; and that these need to be addressed if the promised expansion in offshore wind is to be delivered.
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Of solar collectors, wind power, and car sharing: Comparing and understanding successful cases of grassroots innovations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare three cases of successful grassroots innovations for sustainability: wind technology in Denmark, the solar collector do-it-yourself movement in Austria, and the development of car sharing in Switzerland, focusing on the structural conditions and resources of origin, motivations of social actors involved, learning processes and outcomes, competences and activities of those actors, processes of institution-building and the relationships to mainstream market actors.
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A Dynamic Process Model of Private Politics: Activist Targeting and Corporate Receptivity to Social Challenges
TL;DR: The authors argue that when firms are chronically targeted by social activists, they respond defensively by adopting strategic management devices that help them better manage social issues and demonstrate their normative appropriateness, which in turn increases a firm's receptivity to future activist challenges.
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Lessons learned from renewable electricity marketing attempts: A case study
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The media and the crisis of democracy in the age of Bush‐2
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Welfare pluralism: the new face of Fabianism:
Peter Beresford,Suzy Croft +1 more
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