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Energy transition on the rise : discourses on energy future in the German parliament

  • In this paper we describe energy policy discourses and their story-lines in German parliamentary debates, and trace their evolution over the past decades. Through content analysis and coding with MAXQDA, changes in the discourses and in the use of story-lines by different political parties are analyzed. Our study shows that while the concept of a transition towards a nuclear-free, renewables-based energy system became hegemonic within three decades, the discourse itself underwent major changes. Energy Transition was de-radicalized and became part of a discourse of Ecological Modernization, thus aligning with mainstream economic logic. There are still considerable differences in the story-lines narrated by parliamentarians about pathways to Energy Transition and its effects. Discursive struggles into the meaning and the means of the transition project continue, suggesting that discourse structuration is far from complete.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Anna Leipprand, Christian FlachslandORCiD, Pahle Michael
Parent Title (English):Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research
Publisher:30
Publication year:2016
First Page:283
Last Page:305
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2016.1215241
Release Date:2017/08/02
Tag:Germany; discourse analysis; energy policy; energy transition; renewable energy; story-lines
Issue:3
Hertie School Research:Centre for Sustainability
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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