{"product_id":"power-struggles-dignity-value-and-the-renewable-energy-frontier-in-spain-paperback-softback-9780253033727","title":"Power Struggles; Dignity, Value, and the Renewable Energy Frontier in Spain (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253033727","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePower Struggles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDignity, Value, and the Renewable Energy Frontier in Spain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJaume Franquesa Bartolome (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253033727\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w illus., 2 maps - 8 Illustrations, black and white - 2 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.395 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePower Struggles\u003c\/em\u003e is a thoughtful and exciting book.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Ethnologist) \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePower Struggles\u003c\/em\u003e, Jaume Franquesa's detailed historiography of energy generation in southern Catalonia, offers valuable insight into why people might protest against wind turbines.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Anthropologits)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWind energy is often portrayed as a panacea for the environmental and political ills brought on by an overreliance on fossil fuels, but this characterization may ignore the impact wind farms have on the regions that host them. \u003ci\u003ePower Struggles\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the uneven allocation of risks and benefits in the relationship between the regions that produce this energy and those that consume it. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaume Franquesa considers Spain, a country where wind now constitutes the main source of energy production. In particular, he looks at the Southern Catalonia region, which has traditionally been a source of energy production through nuclear reactors, dams, oil refineries, and gas and electrical lines. Despite providing energy that runs the country, the region is still forced to the political and economic periphery as the power they produce is controlled by centralized, international Spanish corporations. Local resistance to wind farm installation in Southern Catalonia relies on the notion of dignity: the ability to live within one's means and according to one's own decisions. \u003ci\u003ePower Struggles\u003c\/i\u003e shows how, without careful attention, renewable energy production can reinforce patterns of exploitation even as it promises a fair and hopeful future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eWhere the World Ends\u003cbr\u003e1. Dependence and Autonomy\u003cbr\u003e2. Nuclear Transaction\u003cbr\u003e3. Nuclear Peasants\u003cbr\u003e4. Southern Revolt\u003cbr\u003e5. Wind Bubble\u003cbr\u003e6. Accessing Wind\u003cbr\u003e7. Waste and Dignity\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525094273304,"sku":"9780253033727","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/power-struggles-dignity-value-and-the-renewable-energy-frontier-in-spain-paperback-softback-9780253033727","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}