An Array of Deficits: Unpacking NIMBY Discourses in Wind Energy Developers' Conceptualizations of Their Local Opponents

Burningham, Kate; Barnett, Julie; Walker, Gordon

doi:10.1080/08941920.2014.933923

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“…This may jeopardize the chance of building trust. However, this way of communicating with communities does not only seem to be related to fears for protest (Burningham et al, 2015) but also concerns about these negotiations taking too much time and threatening finances. Thus, whereas for community actors trust seems to be influenced negatively because in general they express doubts about the rationales of developers, for developers there seems to be more concern with the ability of community representatives to 'deliver' their side of shared ownership:…”

Section: "Maybe It Is a British Thing But Yeah People Don't Really Fomentioning

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“…It has been argued, for example, that the 'NIMBY' (Not In My Back Yard) label is a particularly negative way that commercial organizations might think about publics (Dear, 1992;Devine--Wright, 2012). From this perspective, objectors are primarily viewed as irrational, selfish and ignorant by developers (Burningham et al, 2015), with consequent implications for strategies of engagement, technology design, and locational choice (Barnett, Burningham, Walker, & Cass, 2012;Cass et al, 2010;Walker et al, 2011). In a similar vein, expectations that communities may have of developers and their incentives and goals for engaging in these collaborations might play a crucial role in whether or not trust is present and successful collaboration can be established.…”

Section: Trust and The Expectations Of Different Actorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many studies have focused on the views and experiences of one type of actor (e.g. how developers 'imagine' publics, for example (Burningham et al, 2015) or the motivations of community energy actors (e.g. Seyfang et al, 2013), which makes it difficult to get a comprehensive picture of the field and how different views (might) come together.…”

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Partnership or placation? The role of trust and justice in the shared ownership of renewable energy projects

Goedkoop

Devine‐Wright

2016

Energy Research & Social Science

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Governments in several European countries have developed policies that encourage companies to share ownership of renewable energy projects with local communities. Shared ownership presumes that company and community actors have common goals, can form effective partnerships and negotiate fair outcomes. But there is a lack of research on shared ownership, in particular, how it is constructed by different actors, and the role of trust in shaping practice. This study addressed this gap, drawing on qualitative data from in--depth interviews with 19 UK stakeholders from industry, community and advisory backgrounds. Thematic analysis revealed strong support for shared ownership in principle, but significant challenges in practice. Actors held different rationales and contrasting views on whether the policy should be discretionary or mandatory. A lack of trust was prevalent, with developers expressing scepticism regarding the capacities and representativeness of community actors; and community actors viewing developers as solely motivated by profit, instrumentally using communities to gain planning consent. We conclude that for shared ownership to become conventional practice, it will be necessary to provide mechanisms that facilitate partner identification at an early stage, which can help to build relations of trust between actors, within a more stable and supportive policy context.

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Section: "Maybe It Is a British Thing But Yeah People Don't Really Fomentioning

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Section: Trust and The Expectations Of Different Actorsmentioning

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“…This is accompanied by an implicit reliance on the 'deficit model', which regards citizens as 'empty vessels' in need of factually accurate information (Catney et al 2013;Burningham et al 2015). However, there is little systematic evidence that the topdown provision of information -for instance about economic benefits, climate mitigation, moderate noise levels -changes opinions in the short term (Gardner and Stern, 2002).…”

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Energy justice: A conceptual review

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McCauley

Heffron

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Energy Research & Social Science

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Energy justice has emerged as a new crosscutting social science research agenda which seeks to apply justice principles to energy policy, energy production and systems, energy consumption, energy activism, energy security and climate change. A conceptual review is now required for the consolidation and logical extension of this field. Within this exploration, we give an account of its core tenets: distributional, recognition and procedural. Later we promote the application of this three-pronged approach across the energy system, within the global context of energy production and consumption. Thus, we offer both a conceptual review and a research agenda, providing suggestions of how the field of energy justice could be advanced. Throughout, we explore the key dimensions of this new agenda -its evaluative and normative reach -demonstrating that energy justice offers, firstly, an opportunity to explore where injustices occur, developing new processes of avoidance and remediation and recognizing new sections of society. Secondly, we illustrate that energy justice provides a new stimulating framework for bridging existing and future research on energy production and consumption when whole energy systems approaches are integrated into research designs.In conclusion, we suggest three areas for future research: investigating the non-activist origins of energy justice, engaging with economics, and uniting systems of production and consumption.

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“…local land use change opposition group) allows for learning from experiences and conformance to norms of the shared identity (Hogg and Abrams 1988;Turner 1982 and e.g. Burningham et al 2014). …”

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The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

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Conflict between stakeholders about environmental and natural resources management (ENRM) issues is a significant challenge for achieving sustainable outcomes for people and the environment.Although conflict can be a constructive and important part of deliberative processes, ENRM routinely experiences dysfunctional conflict, where people involved focus on their perceived incompatibilities rather than finding solutions for the problem. This form of dysfunctional conflict leads to decision-making stagnation and exacerbation of issues which require timely management.The self-perpetuating nature of conflict means that relationships between people and groups become strained, and the potential for cooperation and compromise is undermined. In ENRM, conflict is addressed, often implicitly, through the practice of stakeholder engagement. Although advancements have been made on stakeholder engagement processes through both research and practice, conflict continues to manifest in ENRM issues.This thesis investigates ENRM conflict through analysing the contribution of ENRM stakeholder engagement practice to the prevalence of dysfunctional conflict. In order to understand the hidden complexities and drivers of conflict, the social identity approach has been applied as a theoretical lens. The social identity approach is a theoretical perspective from social psychology which explains how people become members of groups, and how groups interact. As such it is well suited to a study of ENRM conflict, where the heart of the conflict is how groups of people -stakeholders -interact with each other.First, the thesis outlines the theoretical basis for the interest in ENRM conflict, and makes a case for both why stakeholder engagement processes are a critical aspect of conflict which are worthy of investigation, and why the social identity approach is a useful theoretical lens. Following this, a theory building approach to integration of the literature across disciplines is used to present a way of understanding the human dimension of ENRM conflict, and the argument is made for the use of the social identity approach. As a result, a clear distinction is made between 'stakeholders' and 'the citizenry', where stakeholders are formalised groups with a defined interest, and the citizenry is everyone else. An integrative conceptual model for ENRM conflict is created, and is analysed with the application of the social identity approach.Next, the thesis examines the processes taken by ENRM practitioners to identify stakeholders, thereby filling a recognised gap in the literature. This is undertaken with the use of semi-structured interviews with experienced ENRM practitioners, analysed qualitatively. As a result, a typology of approaches to identification of stakeholders is presented, and the previously proposed distinction iii between stakeholders and the citizenry is shown to be reflective of how practitioners categorise people in the context of ENRM issues.The thesis then investigates a case study of a large-scale wind energy d...

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An Array of Deficits: Unpacking NIMBY Discourses in Wind Energy Developers' Conceptualizations of Their Local Opponents

Cited by 95 publications

References 35 publications

Partnership or placation? The role of trust and justice in the shared ownership of renewable energy projects

Partnership or placation? The role of trust and justice in the shared ownership of renewable energy projects

Energy justice: A conceptual review

The social identity approach to understanding stakeholder conflict in environmental and natural resources management

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