The interrelation between collective identities and place concepts in local wind energy conflicts

Local Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 660-676

  Otto, Antje ^a   Leibenath, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGICAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

case study; discourse coalition; discourse theory; post structuralism; renewable energies; wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84904392410     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.868871     Document Type: Article

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