TY - GEN
T1 - Governing energy transitions
T2 - 2008 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, INFRA 2008
AU - Trombetta, M. J.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper explores the impact of the transformation of energy problems into security issues in promoting a transition toward a more sustainable energy system. To do so the paper considers how different modes of governance are related with technological innovation and institutional transformation and how the conceptualization of a problem as a security issue impacts on governance. To undertake this analysis the paper draws on the taxonomy of paradigms of governance proposed by Hisschemoller et al. and on a performative approach to security as formulated by the theory of securitization. It then integrates these two approaches using the concept of governmentality as an analytical tool to show that a process of securitization implies a transformation of the mechanisms of governance rather than a shift from one paradigm to another.
AB - This paper explores the impact of the transformation of energy problems into security issues in promoting a transition toward a more sustainable energy system. To do so the paper considers how different modes of governance are related with technological innovation and institutional transformation and how the conceptualization of a problem as a security issue impacts on governance. To undertake this analysis the paper draws on the taxonomy of paradigms of governance proposed by Hisschemoller et al. and on a performative approach to security as formulated by the theory of securitization. It then integrates these two approaches using the concept of governmentality as an analytical tool to show that a process of securitization implies a transformation of the mechanisms of governance rather than a shift from one paradigm to another.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952329580&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439685
DO - 10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439685
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952329580
SN - 9781424468874
T3 - 2008 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, INFRA 2008
BT - 2008 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Systems and Services
Y2 - 10 November 2008 through 12 November 2008
ER -
