Big society, little justice? Community renewable energy and the politics of localism

Local Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 715-730

  Catney, Philip ^a   MacGregor, Sherilyn ^a   Dobson, Andrew ^a   Hall, Sarah Marie ^b   Royston, Sarah ^c   Robinson, Zoe ^a   Ormerod, Mark ^a   Ross, Simon ^d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Assoc for the Conserv of Energy   (United Kingdom)

^d Marches Energy Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CIVIL SOCIETY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HEURISTICS; IDEOLOGY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; EQUITY; LOCAL PLANNING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84904561612     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2013.792044     Document Type: Article

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