Post-conventional energy futures: Rendering Europe's shale gas resources governable

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-40

  Kuchler, Magdalena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Europe; Governmentality; Shale gas; Sociotechnical imaginaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020416711     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.05.028     Document Type: Article

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